Churched and Broken
Through the Eyes of a Child
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PROLOGUE
SPIRITUAL MASK!
Travel with Nita as she revisits her childhood to find the cause of her brokenness. Go back with Nita as she learns the root of her trauma; the beginning of donning a mask to camouflage pain. Discover with Nita, that hidden purpose of the undeveloped seed left in (her) your childhood. Come along and learn how we (can be) and (are) churched and broken!
Nita loved the Lord and trusted in his word, yet Nita was broken. Churched and broken! Nita was an articulate, intelligent, and loving person. Beneath the bells and whistles, was a broken little girl with an attitude. Nita’s attitude was the biggest part of her personality. Nita’s posture of attitude could put one on notice without effort. A little girl who desired to be validated. Nita decided to use her spiritual imagination to unveil the root cause of her own brokenness. What caused Nita to have an attitude? Was she born with it? Where did the arrogance come from? Where did she learn the art of indifference? All questions that required answers.
The When, the Why, Where, and How come?
Nita thought all Christians must be broken in some way and wanted to find where her brokenness began. Nita’s curiosity prompted her to investigate and revisit her own childhood. Nita went as far back as she could remember only to find that she herself mastered the art of camouflage, the gift of masking her true feelings. Nita suffered from anxiety, and over-compulsive disorder. Such difficulty in understanding how one could fellowship every Sunday and hide behind the mask of material things was amazing to her. In the house “churched” and still “broken.” What is really going on with this brokenness?
Put it on the table!
Is there one who shall escape this life without an encounter with brokenness? NO, brokenness is universal. Brokenness does not discriminate. The world operates on brokenness. Brokenness seeks a specialist. Brokenness shows itself through the mass shootings of innocent children and elderly citizens. Brokenness shows itself through a society that is comfortable with homelessness and mental illness. Brokenness requires someone who specializes in healing broken people. Perhaps a High Priest? Possibly a Shepherd? Maybe a cross-bearing Savior? Jesus has authority over brokenness. Through the cross, Jesus knows all about brokenness. Surely, he was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities.
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God is near or close to those of us that have suffered disappointment, those of us with a broken heart, and those of us who have been kicked in the gut, discouraged; God will help us catch our breath. We must go to him for daily restoration. God is the Master over Brokenness!
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About the Book
The book focus is on Christians Believers who have worn masks for years to hide the pain of spiritual brokenness. The book offers a safe place where we can uncover, discuss, and make the needed changes. Changes that allows the ability to move into the destined purpose of God.
About the Author
In her second book Author, Carolyn V. Webb shares spiritual brokenness as seen through the eyes of a child. Nita takes a trip back into her childhood to discover where her brokenness began. Nita questions how a believer can actively fellowship and still be broken in their spirit.