| Broken |
| A young man, having broken his watch glass, entered a jeweler’s to purchase a new one. When the watch was returned, he inquired how much they would allow him for the broken pieces of the smashed one. On being told that broken things were of no value, he said, “I have a book at home that says something is no good until it is broken.” |
| “That must be a strange kind of book,” the jeweler replied. |
| “Yes,” said the young man, “it says,‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise’ (Psalm 51:17).” |
| “Oh,” said the jeweler, “I know, you are talking about the Bible.” |
| This simple story may seem a bit amusing, but it illustrates a very important truth. When we allow sin in our lives we need to get before the Lord and confess it in true repentance and humility. This is always the way of blessing, as the quoted verse indicates. Notice the order of the heart and spirit are reversed in this next quotation: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit” (Psalm 34:18). |
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