New Dreams.....

[GodzChick]

This is my first post so I hope I've done this right!!!!

I wrote this poem just over a year ago - sums up the Lord's redeeming love after 11 years of an abusive marriage....

God Bless you all!

NEW DREAMS…..​

There are good days and bad days; and days in between​

As I pick up the shards of the life that ‘has been’.​

Friends come around and offer a hand

But my pride says “I’m fine thanks…they won’t understand…”
Consumed by the loneliness, swallowed in shame
My fingers sliced open by shattered dreams yet again.​

I wish I could leave it all - right where it lays
But I’m ‘defined’ by the pain - and I’m still in ‘the haze’.
I fight for my bearings; the balance of ‘being’
Groping for answers in all that I’m seeing.​

My prayers take on honesty; the lies start to fade
And I realise that THIS pain has already been ‘paid’.
My Jesus has carried the pain of my past
Before yet I knew Him - and I surrender, at last.​

And like a bird that is learning to fly, tentative steps; wings lifted high
- I wait for the breeze of His Spirit to flow
Knowing He will hold what I dare to ‘let go!’​

And slowly – but surely the haze starts to lift;
and I realise again that my life is God’s gift
I’m defined by the blood of my Jesus, my King;
not my ‘past’ – nor my ‘present’
Nor the stains of my sin…
His blood runs through me and as I open each door;
I am cleansed and renewed
And so eager for more!​

This journey – so pained, He is turning around
I will fear NO evil - for I have been ‘found’!​

Healed from ‘broken’
To ‘tenderhearted’
Now I’m looking to Him - to complete what He started!
I know that my future is safe in His hands;
for good – not for evil, my new hope; His plans!
And I’m rising back out of the ashes of pain,
secure in my Lord - His glory; my gain!
Now please help me Jesus in all I’ve been through,
To spend the rest of my days bringing glory to You!​

Now through the
good days, the bad days;
and the days in-between
I’m in the arms of my Father....
with so many
new dreams!​

​

 

[ForHisGlory]

Wonderful poem!!

I found much healing through poetry and have an entire area on my site for it, and one "chapter" just about the abuse and survival.

Praise God you found release!

 

[Amin]

Sorry it took so long to read this.
I think it's very descriptive and tells a lot.
Thank you for sharing, you're very talented as a writer.
Bless You.
Chuck.

 

[angelkiss]

Being a poet myself, I have to say that is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever read!
Thanks so much for sharing.
God Bless!

 

[Surviving]

It's so good to see that we can use our experiences in such a way like this, for all to see and learn. I'm sure that many people will read this and feel themselves as part of your poem. This was such an uplifting write. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[UnitynLove]

Thank you sister this will bless someone!

 

[mustang_94]

It's beautiful! Thank you. I hope that you keep coming back!