When I was held down,

Helpless in that dark place

Abused…

Tormented…

Yearning to be free

Only to feel shackled anew daily

Unable to think or

Dream of a future

Enveloped in despair

Shaking in fear, anger, loneliness… still

I hoped… I yearned… longed for 

Release, rescue…seeking

Escape in the wrong hands

Desperate for safety…

Telling myself all the same 

Old lies, whispering

Destruction to my own heart

Even while yearning for 

Salvation.

Tired of living in chains

Relying on my

Own strength… a lie… only

Your strength can free me… can

Make me new.  I struggle

Even now… but change is on the way…

Hope will not be denied

Eternity is housed in the faintest

Whisper of His voice.

I am nothing… but Him? He is

Love, Passion, Power… Freedom

Lies in His embrace… He will

Make me new… In Him

Alone lies the answer… and I 

Know He will provide.

Even though I fail, even though I 

Stumble… even in my shame I won’t stop

Trying to move forward

Reaching out for the Throne of Grace. 

Only then will I be free,

New in heart, mind and soul

Given a new heart

A new name

Named HIS for eternity, my

Desires met in HIM 

Bowing before the throne of 

Eternity, humbly loved, forever

Amazed by HIS beauty and grace

Unable to imageine or ever again

Think of a life without love…

Immediately and irrevocably

Forever changed….

Undone and remade by 

Love HIMSELF….Jesus Christ