One of the reasons Jesus is so loved is His vulnerability. The need to defend ourselves from insult and injury clogs the flow of
God's Spirit.
How insecure we all are. So many filled with fear and anxiety, constantly dreading humiliation. How the human race has survived this long is a mystery to me.
It is so refreshing to engage a secure and balanced soul, comfortable inside their own skin and without pride or conceit. Jesus was such a person when He walked this earth. He operated from abundance and gave because He had little need.
We are all raised differently, with widely different opportunities to end up well-rounded and secure or to allow the world to overwhelm us and define who we are. Some are bullied or feel like outsiders even as children. Schools and neighborhoods do not always provide the safety from insult and rejection we would hope for. Even home is a place of torment for some. The world can be a cruel place.
Once our character and personality have been formed by these painful youthful experiences we can carry them for the rest of our lives...or not. There is only one remedy to restore the bruised or battered soul. Until we find our security in Jesus, who loves us unconditionally, and has the ability to restore, we will struggle with pathetic remedies like medicines, therapists and addictions that will only distort the persons we were meant to be.
Jesus said of the Father... "He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted..." Luke 4
