tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post989339594895239449..comments2023-08-16T07:10:46.456-07:00Comments on The Quiet Protest: Brokenness Is No FunKen Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03161121731160400592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-29912032753539973522011-09-30T19:39:09.944-07:002011-09-30T19:39:09.944-07:00Thank you, Ken. This made me cry.Thank you, Ken. This made me cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-43876001990103918712011-09-27T17:22:46.909-07:002011-09-27T17:22:46.909-07:00Wow, great, great post.
My favorite line: "P...Wow, great, great post.<br /><br />My favorite line: "People who are not broken are insufferable." In other words, people who have not suffered much can not usually be suffered much. Just right!Chris Hutchinsonhttp://www.gracecovenantpca.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-6581839659113872192011-09-26T18:24:01.230-07:002011-09-26T18:24:01.230-07:00This reminds me that the beauty of the Gospel is t...This reminds me that the beauty of the Gospel is that we do not have to pretend that we have it all together and never experience brokenness. The Gospel frees us from the fear of failure. We can be real and vulnerable with one another as a result. The child's toy, Skin Horse, in the wonderful children's story, "The Velveteen Rabbit," says it well. This wise old toy explains to the new toy, the Velveteen Rabbit, what it means to be real.<br /><br />"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."<br /><br />"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.<br /><br />"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."<br /><br />"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit."<br /><br />"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."<br /><br />CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com