The Broken-hearted Girl (That He mends)

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Rachel20

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I was a child when I lay down on the floor
When you slew me with words like knives
That pierced through my heart and more,
Because you know words can take lives

I waited every evening for you to come home
I hoped that someday you would be proud
Of me, but now I see that love is a sum
I never added to much, I found

I stopped by a gift shop to buy a token
Of my love to you, it was a heart
It was not enough and so it was broken
Love can expire before it can start

Love sometimes is conditional
I learnt it was give and take
If I fail to live up, it’s transitional
Fragile and so easy to break

Then I heard a whisper in a busy café
He visited me when I lay on the floor
I didn’t know Him, but He came to allay
That I didn’t have to be anything more

I told Him, “I am the broken-hearted girl”
Always sad, perennially hurt
With a wound that never stops bleeding
But I hide it and covered it with dirt

So I was surprised that He was close to me
But everyday it hurt, I cried then I was dazed
By the nails, the wound in his side, for me
This is how it feels to be saved.

How could it be, that He saw my pain
That he would bandage my heart
When everyone else said it was in vain
He made me a lion-heart.

He said, “You can do all things, through me”
He placed me high above, where no man has walked
More than this, to know I was precious to Him
A treasure, He would not depart from his beloved

Now when it’s hurting, when the stiches reopen
I run to Him, not to anyone else do I strain
Because there in His shadow, in devotion
I find that He mends me back again



Dedicated to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to the God who is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
 
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psychomom

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'blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.'

i used to read that and think, oh! i better find a way to become poor in spirit!
silly me...it's a description of who i already am!

Rachel, dear Rachel...when i read the first part of that poem, i pictured a little girl
whose daddy was too harsh. a child who wanted to love him, but didn't know how.
(that may not be what you mean, but it's what the imagery conjures in my head)
i cried a little for her...

then the sixth stanza stopped me cold...wounds we hide.
with dirt. oh, what an accurate description of us!

thank You, Lord for coming down to us.
thank You, God, that You are near to the sad and broken...even when we don't yet see You.

keep 'em coming, please, Rachel?
(just give me a chance to buy some more tissues, first.)
 
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Rachel20

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Thank you Ellie for reading it, and understanding, and seeing the imagery behind everything.

Time and again , I don't know how you do it, but you surprise me by understanding. Just the fact that you do, moves me so much.

I really love you Ellie.

I pray that God blesses your family and you immensely, your children and grandchildren, and He gives you the desires of your heart.

You are such a force of blessing over here. I usually write off the internet for any displays of true compassion and love, but you are so careful and so kind in your demonstrations here, that I can't help but thank God for you.

Indeed, though we have not seen God, when we love another, He lives in us and His love is perfected in us [1 John 4:12]
Jesus is so real and true, and loving, and I know He is close to us.

You are such a wonderful, kind lady.


I just love you Ellie.


I want to put that out, I love you very much.


PS - You may not remember, but before you came back on to this site, in this handle, I had made my first thread in the Bible Discussion Forum about the "Man of Sorrows".

I think yours was one of the first few posts there, and though you left shortly afterwards, I always wished that whoever that poster was, would come back, because you were so kind.


I think God answered that for me :)
 
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psychomom

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oh, girl of sweetest heart! ♥

i'm joyful to say God has already answered your kind prayers for us.

and so very glad you've been found by a Father who loves you perfectly...
without conditions...eternally.

i'm so very glad that Father has made us sisters, and one Day we will meet!
because i love you, i love you, i love you.
God is just wonderfully good.

ps--i don't remember. memory is the first (of many) things to go? lol
but i'm glad God was doing the talking for me that day. :)
 
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kinda

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It's not fun having a broken heart! nope! How come the heart still works if it's broken, that's the part I don't understand!??!!
 
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