VOICE OF TRUTH FOR TODAY
We are Broken…
From the very beginning, humanity has wrestled with the same temptation — to live life on our own terms. When Adam and Eve chose disobedience in the garden, something fractured. Since then, we’ve chased control, autonomy, and self-made freedom, believing they would bring contentment. But they never do.
Scripture tells us that when we choose not to honor God, our thinking becomes darkened and confused (Romans 1:21–23). What we thought was freedom actually led us into bondage. Even those who profess faith in Christ can find themselves trapped — chasing comfort, success, distraction, or approval, hoping these things will finally satisfy the deep ache within.
The problem isn’t that we’re broken.
Brokenness is part of the human story after the Fall. The problem is where we try to fill our need. God says, “My people have committed two sins: they have forsaken Me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water” (Jeremiah 2:13). We keep searching for life in places that can never sustain us.
True freedom begins with surrender.
Proverbs reminds us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart… and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5–6). Repentance means turning away from the lie that our way is better and returning to the truth that God alone is our source. It’s confessing that self-sufficiency doesn’t work — and it never has.
God’s goodness is not dependent on our circumstances. “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble” (Nahum 1:7). When we place our full dependence on Him, something beautiful happens: rest. Real rest. The kind our souls were created for.
We are broken — yes.
But we are also deeply, fiercely, and eternally beloved.
Return to Him. Let Him be your source again. That’s where healing begins.
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Excerpt from Voice of Truth Magazine
“Broken and Beloved” by Aimee Taylor