broken heart

When a Jewish rabbi taught God's wisdom and prayers 

he always said, "put them on your hearts." 

One day a student asked him, 

"Why do you say to put them on our hearts, not in our hearts?" 

The rabbi answered 

"All you can do now is to put them on your heart. 

And one day when your heart is broken 

by the grace of God, it will open 

and they will fall in your heart." 
(excerpt from "lamp in the darkness" by Jack Kornfield)

There's something about 

broken-heartedness 

woundedness 

scars

that is sacred

There's something about them

 make us whole

 create new and another beautiful pattern

when by the grace of God, 

they are embraced 

and integrated into us

There's so much wisdom in what the Psalmist says,

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;

God will not despise a broken and contrite heart (Psalm 31:17)

and in what Paul says,

 It is in our imperfection 

God's power is perfected (2 Cor. 12:9)

While journeying in this world of imperfection

 as an imperfect human being

we often are vulnerable, 

wounded 

scarred

broken-hearted
When that happens 

all we can do is 
to lean our head slightly  

against the shoulder of the One 

who sits beside us 

with an ever-ready listening heart

 with a never-ending song of grace   

offering a gentle touch of soul massage 

with the healing balm of celestial fragrance

breathing along in our rhythm and pace

bringing us back 

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 Love