| Proud Person | Broken Person |
| Keeps others at arms' length | Is willing to risk getting close to others and to take risks of loving intimately. |
| Is quick to blame others. | Accepts personal responsibility and can see where they are wrong in a situation. |
| Is unapproachable or defensive when criticized | receives a criticism with a humble, open spirit. |
| Is concerned with being respectable, with what others think; works to protect their own image and reputation. | Is concerned with being real; what matters to them is not what others think but what God knows; is willing to die to their own reputation. |
| Finds it difficult to share their spiritual need with others. | Is willing to be open and transparent with others as God directs.. |
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Ps. 51:17
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