Give your brokenness to God. Vulnerability will set you free

Joshua Luke Smith explores the spiritual abundance found in admitting our brokenness and rediscovering the grace of God

My first time in a recovery meeting felt like stepping off a stage illuminated by bright lights.

With sweat and show makeup running down my face, I stumbled into a quiet back room; you could still hear the muffled sounds of the performers and the audience applauding, only no one was acting in there. They had forsaken their masks and jazz hands for truth in the hopes of becoming free.

I said nothing; I just listened, tapping my foot with my heart beating quicker. It was a mix of excitement and fear. I was excited because I knew I had come to the right place. I’d been running and had run out of road; my inhibitions and impulses had been pulling the strings on my puppet body, and I needed to take back my life. My friend Topher has a print in his office which reads, “If you were just honest, your life would heal itself.” I don’t know who said that, but everyone in that room believed it.