Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Today's reading titled, God Heels Our Brokenness, was written by Anne Cetus.

Colin and his wife, Jordan, wandered through the craft store, looking for a picture to hang in their

home. Colin thought he'd found just the right piece and called Jordan over to see it. On the right

side of the ceramic artwork was the word grace, but the left side held two long cracks. Well, it's

broken, Jordan said as she started looking for an unbroken one on the shelf.

But then Colin said,

"'No, that's the point. We're broken, and then grace comes in. Period.'

They decided to purchase the one with the cracks.

When they got to the checkout, the clerk exclaimed,

"'Oh, no, it's broken.

Yes, so are we, Jordan whispered.

What does it mean to be a broken person?

Someone defined it this way, a growing awareness that no matter how hard we try,

our ability to make life work gets worse instead of better. It's a recognition of our need for God and His intervention in our lives.

In Ephesians chapter 2, the Apostle Paul talked about our brokenness in terms of being dead in our transgressions and sins.

The answer to our need to be forgiven and changed comes in verses 4 and 5. Because of

His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive. It is by grace we have been saved.

God is willing to heal our brokenness with His grace when we admit, I'm broken.

Today's Our Daily Read Devotional Scripture reading is from Ephesians Chapter 2, verses 1 through 10.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, from Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 through 10.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit

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