STRONG
IN THE BROKEN PLACES
Ernest
Hemingway once said, “The world breaks
everyone, and some get strong in the broken places.”
The
suicide of this great man of letters, in his despair, is sadly ironic. This painful
world finally broke him.
Christ
said, “I have told you these things so
that in Me you will have (perfect) peace and confidence. In the world you will
have tribulations and trials and distress and frustrations; but be of good
cheer. For I have overcome the world”. (John 16:33, Amplified)
Christians
are the world’s greatest sufferers and yet suicide has never been an option for
them. They believe that nothing happens apart from the will of God. They
believe that God is not indifferent to their pain. They confidently trust and
rest upon the His promises to deliver them. And they have this great confidence
because the God of the Christians is a suffering God, who was broken but rose
triumphant. He has overcome everything. He is their hope.
Life
in this world will finally break all of us. Hemingway knew and accepted this
reality. Some could not get stronger because they are completely and utterly
alone in the broken places which they tread. They have no one to believe or to
trust, except themselves, they only have faith in the absurdity of nothingness.
The
great Apostle and Saint, Paul of Tarsus, has declared one of the most powerful
messages of hope ever written, “I
consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)
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