Tuesday 26 March 2013

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

This is a poem I heard tonight by a girl named Lacey, from City Church, US. I hope it will mean something to someone else other than me. I think it is worth sharing.

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing



Fallen from my designated place
My broken shards and broken heart shattered until my usefulness was erased
I felt myself falling moments before I cracked
My emptiness reminded me I wasn’t favoured, wasn’t wanted
But on the contrary exemplified my ridiculous lack
Laying in pieces on the ground as filthy as my past
I looked at every portion of my frame and knew in my depth
I was fully broken at last

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

This brokenness that bound itself to my loneliness
Not being poured into but pouring out what little I had left
Always comparing myself to how full other vessels were
Despising my shallowness and yearning for their depth
Picture perfect wholeness I thought I embodied at my best
But I didn’t really know what it meant to be whole in and of myself

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

See those that are broken by circumstance are fated to lie in ruins where they dwell
Seizing to fulfill the purpose for which they were created
But those that break while in the Creator’s hands
Are broken for untold glories which are little known by common man
But know this- broken things can be put back together again
Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

And since all things work together for the good for those who love Jesus
Wouldn’t it make sense to take your broken life and give Him the pieces?
Pieces that when pieced, by the ultimate Peace, find their place
Reveal themselves fully not dimly in a mere
Think of it as Revelation by Grace
Which allows you to face your past, your present, your future, maybe even love…
Love that will time with time will heal in you what has been wronged

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

And nothing is impossible with Him who gives you strength
The One who formed you can heal your every break
Let Him break you to be broken
In brokenness He’ll make you whole
That wholeness is where I’ll end
Let His love heal your soul
And I’ll say it again

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

 "The Lord does not ignore the one who is in trouble. He doesn't hide from him. He listens when the one in trouble calls out to Him." Psalm 22:24
"I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born", says the Lord" Isaiah 66:9