12/17/2022
I opened my hands and surrendered
every broken piece I was carrying.
I laid down my shame.
I laid down my disappointments and failures.
I opened my hands and let the rough pieces fall.
I let my heart come undone in the
presence of the Living God.
I brought Him every ugly piece of myself.
I brought Him my sin and my pride.
I didn’t run to hide,
I brought it all out into His light.
I bought Him the worst of me and
yet He gave me the best of Him.
As I opened my hands He carefully
took ahold of all my brokenness.
He picked up all my burdens into
His scarred hands.
He traded what I had,
for what He had in store for me.
As I gave Him my pain, He gave me His healing.
As I gave Him my sin,
He gave me His forgiveness.
As I gave Him my tears,
He gave me His comfort.
As I gave Him my disappointments,
He gave me a future.
As I gave Him my lack, He gave me His all.
As I gave Him my brokenness,
He gave me His wholeness.
As I gave Him my darkness,
He gave me His light.
As I gave Him my worries and fears,
He gave me His peace.
As I gave Him my doubt,
He gave me His unchanging truth.
As I gave Him my life,
He gave life in abundance in Him.
It is only Jesus who can take ahold of a broken
mess and make something beautiful out of it.
It is only Him who was willing to die for me even when I had nothing to offer Him in return.
I can’t wrap my mind around His love.
I can’t even explain all that He has done for me.
Do you see?
I handed Him a mess that no one
would want, and yet He did.
He welcomed me to come.
He called my name out from the darkness.
He called me His child.
And He walks beside me,
teaching me how to let go,
how to open my hands and surrender.
How to rest in His presence.
How to breathe in His Spirit.
There is no one like my Jesus.
He is not a figment of ones imagination.
No, He is the Living God who walks beside us.
Who dwells within us.
Who has the power to give us a brand
new heart.
This is who my God is.
He is God, there is no other.
And my life is a testimony to His goodness
and to His saving grace.