God Loves the Broken

• By candidasullivan
• June 30, 2025
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Broken.

That’s a word I used to feel in the deep marrow of my bones. My body felt broken, my mind felt broken, and my spirit felt broken. When God called me to write for Him, I thought He had somehow made a mistake and confused me with someone else. I resisted His call for years because of the heartache inside of me. I certainly didn’t feel equipped to talk to anyone about God or to try to tell anyone else how to live their lives when mine felt like such a mess.

Through this journey, though, I have learned several things. God loves the broken. He sits with us, comforts us, and has hope for us.

Friends, I can’t even explain the pain that my heart used to feel. For so long, I was consumed and tormented in my mind. Every night, I used to sit on my deck and cry. I chased an illusion of perfection and was devastated that I couldn’t measure up to the person I wanted to be. Because I thought the only truly happy people were the ones who lived perfect lives. And my life was so far from this ideal illusion I had created in my mind.

What I’ve learned, however, is that God can’t use someone who believes that they are perfect. If I had everything I wanted in life, then I wouldn’t need God. If I never experienced pain, then I wouldn’t need His comfort. I wouldn’t desire His strength if I didn’t experience moments of weakness. God is the opposite of me. He is without sin. And He has grace for my every need. I don’t need to seek a perfect life. I just need to seek a perfect God.

What truly amazes me is how God has taken my broken pieces and used them to help others. Because of my scars and the challenges they have caused me, I have a deeper level of compassion for others. Because of my sins, I am not as quick to judge others because I know what it feels like to mess up.

Above all, I have learned that God loves me despite my sins. He loves me on my good days and equally on my bad days. Nothing can separate from Him and His love. Jesus died for every sinner. No one is any better than anyone else. God doesn’t base His love on our accomplishments, wealth, last name, or social status. When God looks at us, He sees our soul. If we’ve been saved, He sees His perfect work in us.

Through the blood of Jesus, I am good enough. I am a child of the King. I am not known for my sins but by His precious name. I have an eternal hope in my heart. That is what I want to focus on. Jesus died for me, and I want to do my best each day to live for Him.

While I’m not perfect, I am perfectly loved by Him.

1 John 4:10-11 (KJV)
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.