God's power in our brokenness

Here's an excerpt from The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith...

Your brokenness does not define you. You are one in whom Christ dwells. You were meant to house the fullness of God. Your glory is not in what you do, but in who you are.

Both the wounded and the legalists need to hear an even deeper paradox. It is in our weakness that God's power is revealed. The broken feel they have nothing to offer; legalists feel their perfection is what makes them valuable. Both are wrong. We minister out of our brokenness. We heal others through our vulnerability because that is where Christ shines most brightly. Then we can offer them the one thing people most need: Jesus.