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Psalm 31:7-8. 10

"You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feel in a wide place.... My strength fails because of my iniquity.... I [feel] like a broken vessel."

John MacArthur, Daily Bible: What essential element is Christ looking for in my character? one who humbly serves others (225)

Beth Moore, Breaking Free

God's definition of broken heart = hemorrhaging (106)

"...self-made fortresses built to protect our hearts not only keep love from going out but they keep love from coming in" (107).

on Mark 10:13-16: Christ pulled a real child [maybe Peter's] forward to express His idea of greatness, while His chosen 12 behaved like a bunch of children (109).

Why did God allow my childhood victimization? "He knew that I would have to seek Him diligently for healing and in that healing I would come to know my Healer (110).

"Scripture is the strongest bandage God uses to bind hearts broken in childhood.... [I am] more likely to find progressive healing through the study/application of truth" (111)

forgiving perpetrators: "I finally came to a place where I felt sorrier for him than I did for myself" (113).

"...the host of the hsame game is shameless" (112).

"Since the enemy cannot [steal salvation], he tries to ensure that they will be either too emotionally handicapped to turn into an effective witness, or perhaps better yet, too driven by destruction to avoid a scandal. The enemy's hope for Christians is that we will either be so ineffective we have no testimony, or we'll ruin the one we have" (114).

I am not defined by anything that happened to me or anything I have done. I am defined by who I am in Christ.... I cannot know the truth about myself until I know the truth of God's word (115).

My story will forever remain incomplete until I let You do what only You can do with my hurt. I must let You perfect that which concerns me (115).

Psalm 107:20

"He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction."

Psalm 119:92

"Unless Your law had been my delight, I would hav eperished in my afflication."

"Bandage or Bondage?" (116)