Broken or Crushed?

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.
Luke 20:18
...he restores my soul.
Psalm 23:3a

Brokenness. Crushing. Repentance. Restoration.
Hard words to hear. Tough times to live. An ending with joy unimaginable.

To cast ourselves on Christ leaves us at His mercy. He will break us. HE will, not something or someone else. He will be aware of what comes and goes in our lives and what areas need to be chipped away. he will stand close and surpervise the whole process.

But what if we do not chose Christ? He will crush us. Our lack of choice will bring us pain beyond repair. Total destruction and desolation. Life without Christ is not life.

So we choose, hopefully we choose to be broken instead of crushed. Why? Because broken can be repaired. Crushed is a little harder. Through repentance and the relearning of our ways, we actually walk with Christ not to a repaired state but a restored state. The state we were intended to be when we were fearfully and wonderfully made.

Broken. Crushed.
Repaired. Restored.

You choose.