We all know what it is to hurt someone or break something just because we can. In an outburst of pride or arrogance or anger or even of our own pain, we hurt others. Seeking forgiveness in humility is an essential step in healing; maybe not what we’ve broken but certainly that which is broken in us. Jesus, who encountered the worst of what the world can be and knows our own hearts, speaks forgiveness and peace covering it all with the breath of the Spirit.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:17