Broken (Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34)

Theme: Broken people often break the hearts of others, thus amplifying the brokenness of the world. Only One who is broken understands a broken world filled with broken people.

“And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')” (Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34).

Question: Do you (and others) perceive yourself as truly broken, or as one who has it all together?

Brokenness:

• How does a young man born out of wedlock live his life when he hears the words of his depressed mother saying, "My life is miserable because of you"?

• Who can understand a wife who is devastated by the husband she loves leaving her for a younger woman?

• How does a mother with two young children overcome her heartbreak when her boyfriend leaves her and refuses to adequately support her and their children?

• How does a young woman in her 20s overcome her sorrow when the last time she saw her father was when she was four years old?

• How do Christians deal with disillusionment regarding gossip and slander, politics and one-upmanship in the church they love?

• How do the relatives and friends of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cope?

• How does Leah live with being the girl nobody wanted?

• What do people do with a broken woman caught in the very act of adultery?
  

The End (Mk 14:53-15:39), Tim Keller, King's Cross.