This world can be a brutal place and no one gets through this life without taking some hits and wounds. Some of our wounds go back to when we were children others are fresh and still bleeding. No matter when we were wounded the fact remains that we must be healed if we are to ever be whole and healthy. My journey over the last year has been one that has brought me to the fact that there was a place in my heart that needed healing. It was a place that had kept me in bondage to fear, doubt, anger and depression. This past week I attended a conference hosted by John Elderidge based on his book Wild at Heart. It was at this conference that God brought me to a place of deep healing. My hope and prayer for you is that you will take your brokenness to God. To let Him take you into your pain and offer you his true healing. The truth is only God can bring the type of healing we need. No person, event or object will ever make us whole, only the love of Jesus can bring us to the place where our broken hearts can be made whole. I wrote this poem in response to that healing.
The Dawning
Long and Dark had seemed the night
The sorrows and the pain held tight
My heart was broken, wounded through
Shattered pieces nothing whole
But in the midst of darkness
A light begins to shine
shining ever brighter
Pushing back the night
The radiant glow of dawning light
Suddenly surrounds me
Where all was dark
I feel your light
The light of life it holds me
As I sit there weeping
The pain and sorrow flow
Your loving arms embrace me
In Your healing I will be whole
My shattered heart you hold it
Hold it gently in your hand
The pieces brought together
Alive and whole I am
(c)Tom Allen 2006
4 comments:
Hey,
I like ur blog! That's a good way to word it.
Lauren
Awesome poem, Tom. I especially love "The radiant glow of dawning light suddenly surrounds me where all was dark; I feel your light, the light of life it holds me..."
Your walk with Christ is authentic and passionate and drawing. So grateful I'm your companion on the journey. We are friends, as Calvin Miller put it, "by virtue of our shared worship," and, I would add, by virtue of our shared battle. Love you Bro.
I bookmarked your blog some time ago, but I don't think I have ever commented. I love visiting here. I was at Boot Camp last January. What a time of healing and validation and connection with God for me. The year since has been hell unleashed against my heart. I cling to the personal words He spoke to me there when I find myself in darkness and confusion. Thank God I have a few friends who remind me to do just that.
My husband stumbled upon your blog and called me at work to tell me to read this post. Within the last 2 weeks my life has seemed to turn upside down. One day I felt normal, the next, I found myself feeling a depression as never before. As I write this post, I (with my husband) am in the midst of decisions about the future that God has planned for us, a possible move to the charlotte area, and now just dealing with this time of God's working in me to deal with things that I didn't know where there. I appreciate your poem and the post that encourages me that I will come through this. God has shown me in his word this past few days that He can heal me and I need to pray as though He can. I am just trying to find myself and come out of this with the ABUNDANT LIFE that God wants to offer me. Thanks again for your post. Even though it was written months ago, it was what I needed this day!
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