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What does it mean?
A broken heart is the way for Christ to enter a person.
In plain terms
Only through a broken heart can Christ come in.
What can you take from it?
Suffering opens the door to spiritual growth.

Where it applies

  • religious counseling
  • personal crisis

Putting it to work

  • embrace pain as a teacher
  • seek deeper faith

Questions to consider

  • Does pain always lead to growth?
  • How can we recognize spiritual entry?

Another view

Not all broken hearts lead to spiritual insight.

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