Fri, Feb 23rd - 6:06AM

From the Depths

How do you handle watching someone else suffer?

When it seems there is no more you can bear to take,

Something else happens to add to your burden of care.

Now you have all you can do to just hold it together.

It is so painful to try and be strong,

When all you want to do is have a total breakdown.

You can’t let others see how you feel,

You worry if they do see you cry, they will lose all hope.

How very much you need to let go.

It hurts so much all you want is for it to stop.

You would give anything to make it all go away.

Then you finally break down and pray.

You find He has been waiting there all along.

He tells you, I have seen it all, I know your pain,

Trust in me, I will help you handle it,

And that is when I begin to cry.

O God, You were with me on the mountains of joy,

Now I am in the depths of despair, why does it hurt so much!?

Abba Father, help me please, I can take no more,

I need Your loving arms around me!

I need Your love and mercy, Your grace to see me through

I can not hide my tears any longer.

Wipe them from my eyes and from my heart.

I need You here in my heart.

And You in Your mercy hear my cry,

You say come to Me, rest in Me.

Give Me your burdens and I will heal your weary soul.

I have been waiting for you.

For I too have known despair, for My creation.

I sent My Son and allowed Him to die for you.

He has conquered sin and death, He rose from the dead.

He will send the Comforter, if you will let Him.

Now my tears are dried and I know peace.

My Saviour came and gave me the courage to carry on.

To deal with life’s heartaches and sorrows.

He will always be with me in His gentle and abundant Love.

Jeannine Faith

I know that I am never alone because my Saviour is always with me and comforts me and sometimes life gets overwhelming and this poem is how I felt. My good friend Colin wrote a poem in response and it is a beautiful answer to prayer, which is what this poem is.

Wed, Feb 21st - 2:04AM

I wrote this the other day, it was a very stressful day. A very dear friend told me that I would not be alone, I know that I am never alone. I added this to a picture I took at my local park, because I see God everywhere in Creation and am so very thankful He is always and forever with us.

Fri, Feb 16th - 4:56PM

The Chapel in the Woods

There is little chapel in the woods as I was growing up
I found it one day as I walked
No walls or alter just a white birchwood cross
And benches made from hewn logs

It was simple yet so grand I could feel You there Lord
You spoke to my heart so gently and lovingly
You gave me peace I didn’t understand
And brought me rest and overflowing love and joy

So many years ago Lord, I’d nearly forgotten it
So many joys and sorrows have made me forget
Now life comes crashing in like relentless waves on the ocean shore
First one, then another and another until I can stand no more

In the midst of it all You gently remind of what I once knew
You bring me back in memory until it is fresh and new
You show me that little chapel with its simple birchwood cross
You tell me here is My peace, rest.

You tell me, I will fill you once more
With peace that passes understanding, and joy.
I will help you as the waves of life crash in, I will not forsake you
And I cry and pray, Lord how I need You.

You remind me that I once trusted You completely
I sit and cry because I have strayed so far away
I pray Lord remind me of what I once knew
And in Your gentle love and mercy, You do

Now that I am older I find I need to become that trusting child again
And I can so clearly see that wooden cross
On which He bore my sins which were as scarlet.
But His blood has cleansed them and made me white as snow.

I wonder what happened to that little chapel in the woods
I suppose it does not matter.
It is with me in memory and always will be
And the white of that cross remind me, my sins have been cleansed.

Jeannine Faith