God Loves the Broken-Hearted
Apr 15, 2026Luke, on the road to Emmaus
Sometimes I feel like I’m walking alongside the disciples on the road to Emmaus before they know Jesus is there. I imagine them as travelers on a journey, seeking their way in a very dark time. For them, Jesus had just been crucified. Like them, I despair over death, injustice, or acts of cruelty that can confuse and demoralize me. And like the Emmaus travelers, I often can’t sense the glimmer of hope that may be walking with me.
Just as Mary Magdalene didn’t recognize Jesus in the garden, the Emmaus-bound disciples didn’t recognize the risen Jesus who was traveling with them. Both travelers are full of despair as they walk the miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus. I, too, can become preoccupied with death and despair and miss the Light walking right beside me.
It's in the darkest times that I sense resurrection—God comes to the broken-hearted.
That Light has been with me in...
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