It will be The last time Pain courses through my veins Despair drags down my soul Grief rips apart my heart It will be The last time Fear chains my mind Anger fuels my words Doubt shakes my faith It will be The last time Shame washes over me Guilt hinders my progress Disobedience robs…
Tag: pain
Be Broken
Be shattered Like alabaster Be broken Be willing To let go To die If need be Shards lie Cold Brittle Jagged Raw Numb this pain! Stop this anguish! My God! My God! I don’t understand. Yet, I know this In the shattering Is Immanuel God with me Holding the pieces So Be shattered Be broken…
Convince Me – Please?
Weary of struggling against You Tired of fighting You Exhausted with striving I’m done, Lord. There are so many ‘Ifs’ and even more ‘Buts’ Doubts are clamouring My mind seems to be in a whirl Questions race Answers elude I’ve been aching For all I’ve lost My heart hurts, Lord. Is this grief? This inability…
The Balm
Pain is a terrible tormentor. Sometimes when I’m in acute physical pain because of this illness, I’m filled with all kinds of unhappy thoughts – there is anger, mixed with fear and self-pity, and the outpouring of that unholy mess are faithless, bitter, sinful words. As I was tossing and turning and trying to find…
When Loved Ones Are Walking Through The Valley…
A friend of mine recently experienced a heart-breaking tragedy. As numb with shock as I was, I can barely begin to imagine her pain. In that instant I wished I could wrap my arms tight around her and weep. Yet, unable to be at her side, I just wept, my heart breaking for all that…
On Blissful Realisations…
Faced by rock, impregnable, cold, I claw and clamour, wondering – ‘Where do I even begin looking for hope?’ At the door, are despair and anguish; So I clutch at straws – ‘He has promised after all, can it get worse?’ Finally, in desperation, I clench the Word, staring blankly, eyes clouded, by misery. Until!…
Regarding A Gift…
The Psalmist said something very profound – “You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased.”* Perspective from the other side. There is joy (of course) when things are good; when folks are fine and life is cruising, all sunshine and roses. But to have joy,…
A Plea…
Aches and pains, Fears and cares; Some real, Some hidden, Most, not even there. Burdened by this life; I need some respite. I remember him; With a little envy perhaps. He’s cut loose, He’s free! Why him And not me? Understanding, I don’t claim; Nor any clarity. Where to, from here, Lord? I’m tired, help…
On Blessings…
I heard a song a while back. The words are given below. And it got me thinking. We pray for blessingsWe pray for peaceComfort for family, protection while we sleepWe pray for healing, for prosperityWe pray for Your mighty hand to ease our sufferingAll the while, You hear each spoken needYet love us way too…
On Trying To Make Sense…
So, over the past few months, my life can ideally be termed as “a series of unfortunate events”. My life’s been turned upside down in ways I never even dreamed possible. The only definite understanding I can take away from all this is that life will never be the same again. With regard to one…
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