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By Touré Roberts
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It seems like only a
small number of people
consider themselves to
be broken in any way.
However, the majority
of people who don’t
consider themselves
broken will acknowledge
that they aren’t perfect
and make mistakes.
How is it that most
people will admit to
imperfection but reject
the notion of being
broken? Are mistakes
and shortcomings
not evidence of at
least some degree
of brokenness in our
lives? If our mistakes
do not come from our
brokenness, then where
do our mistakes come
from? Are we like broken
clocks, so content with
being spot-on twice a
day that we are blinded
to what our brokenness
may be costing us the
other hours of the day?
When Sarah and I were
in the early months
of our courtship, the
time had come for me
to meet her father to
discuss my interest in
his daughter. It was the
first time Mr. Jakes and
I had ever sat down