You have lived a long time being broken.
You have lived a long time learning how to cope with brokenness and how to function in it.
The good news of Jesus Christ is that He has taken your brokenness upon Himself and in return offers you wholeness.
He offers to restore your mind, heart, soul, and spirit to God’s original design.
He wants to teach you a new way to live.
He wants to teach you how to live whole and treasured, trusting and trusted, nurtured and nourished, how to love and be loved.
Romans 3:21 says, “He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ.” (MSG)
Being right with God isn’t the hard part, the hard part is learning how to live restored and cherished by God everyday, in every circumstance.
This takes time and perseverance.
God provides the time, we provide the perseverance.
James, the half brother of Jesus wrote in his letter to the believers in Jerusalem, “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:4 (NIV)
Every day you have an opportunity to learn how to live your life restored to the Father’s love.
Don’t give up, God has not given up on you.