In our culture, wives, husbands, the elderly, the disabled, the mentally challenged, the broken,  are so often cast aside when they allow vulnerability to seep into our lives. Their scars remind us of our own scars of which we can’t bear to be reminded. What do we lose by casting them aside? What do we gain when we accept and care for the broken?

Casting the broken aside we lose a bit of our own soul, for when we cast them aside we cast a piece of our own humanity aside as well.

Accepting and caring for the broken we gain compassion, patience, and wisdom as the broken teach us about our own vulnerabilities and our need for one another.