Psalm 51

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you have no delight in sacrifice;
if I were to give a burnt-offering, you would not be pleased.
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

There are situations when the very best that can happen is for my sense-of-self to be shattered.

When my sense-of-self is separated from God, disdainful of others, and proud, then that self must be destroyed in order to make way for a better and truer self.

When all is in pieces I turn to God to reclaim me for his original intention.

Psalm 51