Day 20: Letter to the One That Broke My Heart the Hardest

Dear Jesus,
I was lost. I was mourning the loss of I knew not what. I was alone; lonely and afraid. I was dying of a broken heart.
Then You came. You broke my heart anew with Your gentleness and love. You broke my heart with the promise of redemption - unearned, undeserved, but freely given. You broke my heart with such a love for You as I had never known. You break it again every day, when I think of the price You have paid for my salvation. And yet I thank You for my broken heart. You break my heart in all the right places so that all the bad memories and feelings flood out, leaving it clean. You then bind it up and heal it completely.
And You whisper gently, "Lean on Me. I will bear your burdens if you'll only let Me."
And so I allow You to once more break my heart upon the strength of Your love for me.

Isaiah 61

 ¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
   because the LORD has anointed me
   to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
   to proclaim freedom for the captives
   and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
   and the day of vengeance of our God,
   to comfort all who mourn,
 ³ and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
   to bestow on them a crown of beauty
   instead of ashes,
   the oil of joy
   instead of mourning,
   and a garment of praise 
   instead of a spirit of despair.

Matthew 11:28-30

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”