There are times when pain is too deep for words, and even for tears. So I share a poem I’ve written, in hopes that it will lift others in their pain. May you know that God is with you.
Rain-streaked glass panes
Adorn this summer night.
Lightning rents the sky,
Illuminating the darkness
That so long has filled
My heart with fright.
Years have passed since
Those winter days of anguish,
When gloves became stained
And eyes were choked
Of tears, when questioning
The Master’s plan
Left my heart barren.
Still, summer brings rains
That seem to dim
My eyes,
And make me question
My whys.
Power to Him does belong,
And He is well-able
My joy to prolong.
He surely did well,
Carried me to His table.
And you’ll surely tell,
Though a different desire
Remains in you, my soul.
He again seems to require,
He appears to test you,
To wrest you to the full.
Yet know, weary heart,
He is still able to rescue.
You dread this part,
Certain that His heart
Means only to abuse
His treasured one use.
My soul, be still!
You taste and see
His goodness to fill
The needs of empty,
His stirring to bind
And heal the broken,
His passion to set
The wounded free.
Oh! Look how He
Paid for your debt.
Then, oh my soul,
And only then, dare
To believe the lie
From the enemy’s lair.
Summer rains fall,
As adorned windows streak.
He still cries with me,
And comforts me weak.
With tender words forever
Mine, and promises He
Never ceased to speak.
In the midst of
Blame and failure bleak,
His Words my heart retains.
Though pain still is wrought,
And hope distant remains,
My unbelief ceases to
Hide His face.
For He is here,
Holding me through pains.
No matter how I slip,
His righteousness is not
Dependent upon my grip.
He is ever Constant;
He is ever Here.
Fears will reside,
Doubts will subside.
No matter what may come,
No matter how He answers,
This truth is sure:
His heart is good,
He will do what
Is best,
And in that
I can rest.
~May 12, 2015
Written by Kristen Michelle Langner
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