More and more I understand why the brokenness of sin and shortcoming is such a sweet aroma to God.
It makes room, in a human heart, for the colossal forgiving love that God loves to grant.
Genuine brokenness releases us from the approval-disapproval swing of others (administered out of their hardened judgment) and propels us into the heart of God for comfort and safety. There is nothing left to prove or hide.
It is a most beautiful place to be.
Out of it grows the sweet leadership of brokenness.
This sweet leadership first leads self with an utter dependence on God and a new mouthpiece of humility.
God takes this newly humbled and broken self and places him or her into all the settings where the sweet leadership can flourish and impact others.
When the prodigal son returned from his reckless life of sin, he alone had room in his heart for the colossal forgiving love that was his father's to grant. The brother stood by in hardened judgment.
If I needed to choose a leader out of those two brothers at that point in time, I would want the prodigal.
He would have the unique skillset of brokenness, humility and the colossal forgiving love of God, ready to impact himself and others.
I am such the prodigal daughter, hoping that I am learning the sweet leadership of brokenness.
