Healing a Wounded Heart              

Can I talk to You?

Or will You turn away

Too concerned with

what You have to say?

Can I come to You

and share my deepest fears?

Or will You laugh at me

and leave me lost in tears?

Can I confide in You

and tell You all my dreams?

Or will You take those hopes

and rip apart the seams?

I've been let down so many times

In so many different ways

The trust it took so long to build -

destroyed in a few short days

Are You who You claim to be

or are You just a fraud?

Do I dare to claim You as my Friend,

my Savior and my God?

"Trust in Me -

I'll take away your pain.

I can heal your wounded heart

and make you whole again.

My child, I love you

more than you understand.

I'll take care of you

if you'll but take My hand."

As if in a dream,

I'm starting to believe

And His love is more

than I dared conceive

He'll never leave me,

He's my trusted friend

Alpha, Omega,

the Beginning and the End

As I set off on this journey,

Jesus beside me still,

I am secure in His love,

His passion and His will.

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After I decided to give my life to Christ, I still had problems with letting go.  I used to think it was a control issue, something I struggle with a lot.  But I came to realize that I trust the Lord completely.  I really wanted to give it up!  So what was holding me back?

I got a vision of myself with a crystal globe in my hands.  It is extremely precious and fragile, and I'm handing it to a smiling Jesus.  It is my heart, my soul, my very self.  But I hesitate... What if I drop it?  Ahhhh!  There's the problem!  I know He'll take care of me, but I'm afraid I'll fumble in the transition. 

Sometimes, we get so caught up in our own faults that we forget that God's grace will cover everything.  Even if I were to fail and my thoughts, dreams and image of myself were shattered, God would be able to pick up the pieces and make something beautiful. 

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My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

            2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

Are you sometimes so afraid of failure that you become too paralyzed to even try?  "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."  (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV).  Use the gifts and grace that the Lord has given you to take a chance and let go!

Father, there are still so many things that I fail to understand.  Please give me the wisdom and knowledge to fully accept the gifts that are already mine in Christ.  Help me to give all of myself to You in humble service.

©2003

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