The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; 

he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Psalms 34:18 CEB

Maybe today is one of those days when all we know is crushed. 

When everything feels broken.

Maybe that was yesterday.

Or maybe it's just around the corner.

If ever there's common ground with David the Psalm writer it's here: when we're smashed by hurt, loss, grief, fear sadness, injustice.

He knows what it's like.

So there's at least one person who gets you. 

One of the Lies we've absorbed is that there's something wrong with us if we're brokenhearted and/or our spirit is crushed. 

The Truth is, there's nothing wrong with you. 

So it's OK to express that just like David, it's OK to be with people who care for you, and not be on your own in this, because that's what people who love one another do. 

They willingly, as an act of love, wait. 

Listen.

David is writing to his people and pointing them to God. Community and communion with one another and with our God who ministers to us in the crushedness and brokenheartedness.

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