4984 We need to remember that we cannot train ourselves to be Christians; we cannot discipline ourselves to be saints; we cannot bend ourselves to the will of God: we have to be broken to the will of God.
LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit
God is near the brokenhearted (Ps 51:17) and will comfort those who mourn (Is 61:1–3);29 all the people of the kingdom are the humble, not the arrogant.
