Yes, Lord, may we embrace our brokenness and lack of self-sufficiency so we can embrace You as our Source. As the old gospel song says: I can't even walk without You holding my hand.
Randall, your post on brokenness reminded me of an experience. I was presenting financial results to a senior Motorola executive who was visiting the Fort Worth factory. After 5 minutes he held up his hand, looked at my boss and said, "I don't want a financial presentation at all future meetings." He turned back to me and said, "Go ahead and finish." I figured my career was over, but I told myself, he might have a good point. So, I went searching for a more relevant financial method for the company, found it, and then turned it into a company that I led for 30 years. Brokenness has benefits if we look past the pain.
Thank you for sharing your story, Tom. It is true. Often, responding to pain in brokenness and humility ("he might have a good point") leads to surprising opportunities and leads us to open doors we would not have found otherwise.
So true. Yielding to brokenness and yielding to Him run in the same lanes. Thank you, Melissa!
Yes, Lord, may we embrace our brokenness and lack of self-sufficiency so we can embrace You as our Source. As the old gospel song says: I can't even walk without You holding my hand.
Randall, your post on brokenness reminded me of an experience. I was presenting financial results to a senior Motorola executive who was visiting the Fort Worth factory. After 5 minutes he held up his hand, looked at my boss and said, "I don't want a financial presentation at all future meetings." He turned back to me and said, "Go ahead and finish." I figured my career was over, but I told myself, he might have a good point. So, I went searching for a more relevant financial method for the company, found it, and then turned it into a company that I led for 30 years. Brokenness has benefits if we look past the pain.
Thank you for sharing your story, Tom. It is true. Often, responding to pain in brokenness and humility ("he might have a good point") leads to surprising opportunities and leads us to open doors we would not have found otherwise.