I was cleaning up a workspace that had been left for over three years. I tossed out so many boxes of garbage! It felt soo good tossing them into our wood stove/boiler. I even found some things that I’d thought were lost forever.
This was a poem I wrote back in the spring of 1990. I was so young back then, but it still speaks to me. Maybe you’ll enjoy it as well.
All Understanding
Broken people
Broken hearts
The sin of our parents
Now tearing us apart
Satan doesn’t have to work too hard
The damage has been done
The patterns long established
Started before our lives had begun
Yet Lord, You give the courage
To help us right our past
Convicting us about our status quo
You bring healing and peace that surpasses all understanding
So we struggle
With hurts from long ago
Satan has to work harder now
He doesn’t want to let us go
Yet we belong to Jesus
Our hearts washed white as snow
We are cleaning out our closets
The skeletons must go
Yet Lord, You bring the strength
As we change our wrongful ways at last
Encouraging us by Your Spirit
Bringing healing and a peace that surpasses all understanding
You understand us, Lord
More than we ever could ourselves
With compassion, You look upon us
As You bring us to Yourself
Your love abounding always
Though we slip and fall at times
Your grace still reaching out to us
A love that doesn’t constrict or bind
Lord, continue to give us the stamina
To change the grains of time
Gifting us with wisdom and patience
Bring healing and peace that surpasses all understanding.
Have a beautiful week trusting in Him.
Beautiful, moving, and insightful!