“And it is sometimes a mystery,” said Jenkins. However, Psalm 34:18 says, “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
This verse, Jenkins said, “acknowledges that hearts get broken. It acknowledges and accepts as fact and as foundation that there are those who will suffer and their hearts will be broken.”
Notably, the verse does not promise that God rescues people from their pain or solves their problems. “He clearly has a bigger picture happening,” Jenkins said. “He is painting a big picture, a mosaic that we can’t see clearly because we’re only looking at what’s right in front of us, and we don’t have the ability to step back and see the entire mosaic.”
“And so,” he said, “all we know is that [God] acknowledges that there is brokenheartedness in this world.”
Jenkins expressed that he hopes people whose houses are safe will “take this opportunity” to learn from their situations, to see where God is at work, and to participate in relief efforts by being “the hands and feet of God and his Son” to those whose homes are destroyed.
“And I hope that’s where your prayers are as well,” said Jenkins, “that you’re praying that God feels near to those who are brokenhearted, because he is there and he is near and we don’t always see that. We don’t always accept that. We don’t always allow him to heal our broken hearts.”
Nevertheless, Jenkins believes it is “clear that [God] cares more about our broken hearts than he does our broken bodies or our broken homes. That is what he promises to heal, is our hearts…That is a mystery and that is painful and that is confusing at times.”
“I don’t have the answer for why some people are healed and not others…but I do know that God draws near to the brokenhearted,” said Jenkins, emphasizing the importance of faith in God and his Word. “We do know that he is here for our hearts and the eternal perspective and our salvation.”
“That’s what [‘The Chosen’ writers] are writing about right now, that Jesus suffered more than anyone, or as much as anyone,” Jenkins said. “He was betrayed, he was beaten, he was crushed, he suffered immensely, to the point where he even asked his Father to spare him.”
“But,” said Jenkins, “[Jesus] said, to his Father, ‘I wish you would spare me from this, take this cup from me, but, your will, not mine. Your will, not mine. And I do trust you.’”
“And I pray that we can trust him,” Jenkins said, “even in the midst of this pain.”
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