BROKEN. BROKEN THROUGH.

The lower you've been (any story, any genre), the greater the triumph. This is not 'a' story, this is 'the' story. This is the heart beat of any and every victory in life. But it's even deeper than this...
 
There is a victory 'in' the brokenness. You know this is true. You have glimpsed the 'spirit' in the eyes of the suffering, and seen and known that the only difference between them and you is that they stand closer to the edge of the inevitable eternity.
 
We all know we stand to lose absolutely everything one day, and the poor in our midst hold that truth clearer in their vision, and stand nearer to its Redeemer. (James 2:5)
 
The truest of triumphs is in and through brokenness. The ultimate expression, vindication and validation of this, is the triumph of life over death, by falling victim to crucifixion. We are told that Jesus became poor to make us rich. (2 Cor 8:9) And this is what he offers us now: peace, forgiveness, eternal life.
 
'Anyone who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed over from death to life.' (John 5:24)