Don’t Mop the Floor Before Fixing the Leaking Pipe
A Tale of Brokenness Imagine walking into a house where the floor is flooded. Your first instinct is to grab a mop. You work tirelessly, wiping away the water, bucket after bucket. For a moment, the floor looks dry. Then, within minutes, the water is back. Why? Because no one stopped to fix the leaking pipe. This is how many relationships unfold. We often meet people in the middle of their emotional flood. They are wounded, abandoned, betrayed, rejected, or carrying trauma they have never confronted. We see the mess, not the source. Our hearts convince us that if we love them enough, sacrifice enough, or remain patient enough, everything will change. But love cannot permanently dry a floor while the pipe is still leaking. Broken People Often Break People Brokenness is not a character flaw. It is a wound. But untreated wounds have consequences. Someone who has never healed from betrayal may struggle to trust even the most loyal person. Someone who has never dealt with rejecti...