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Brokenness

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  I am no longer Broken!!!   What is brokenness? Brokenness can stem from many things in our life. It can stem from traumatic experiences from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood, and even old age. Brokenness is the pain and disappointment we feel or receive from others based on how they treat us, interact with us, or respond to us. Brokenness is the un-forgiveness, pain, hurt, malice, and things we refuse to let go of. Brokenness is the rejection, the abonnement issues, the sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and mental abuse. Anything that is not complete in your life represents brokenness. I was broken because of many years of rejection, low- self-esteem, and trauma I experienced. I was a broken person searching and looking for love in all the wrong places and things. I was a broken mother, wife, friend, daughter, etc. But thank God for his amazing grace and mercies. There is a song that says , “I search all over, couldn’t find nobody, I look high and low still could

What is LOVE?

  Everyone is looking for or wants to be LOVED . Whether it is finding it in people, places, or things, everyone wants love. However, love is fantastic when you truly understand what it means. Love doesn’t hurt. It is not boastful. It is not abuse, whether physical, emotional, or mental. Instead, it is long-suffering, patient, kind, gentle, understanding, etc. I have spent over three decades searching for love and finding it in all the wrong places. Let me begin by saying I never truly understood what love is and what it means. I understood love from a broken mindset, and I try to love from that mindset as well. Let me say I was abused earlier as a child by different people at different times. I recognize I want to be loved and receive love from a man when I get older. So, my definition of love came from watching love movies, not understanding that it’s just a movie. I later spend many years in an abusive marriage, and to make matters worse, I also endure abuse from others. I strug