Words For When I'm Broken

When I am feeling as if I am on my own

And there's just no one to truly share what's on

my heart, there are just so many scriptures that are like

that smack in the head, saying, "Wake up to reality!

You're not alone! He does care."

In the midst of what seems without promise

In the midst of what appears lost and without hope

or a chance of ever changing, I hide in the pages of God's 

words, where I can wrap myself in the blanket of His promises and be assured that He is for me.

I am reminded that even when I

don't see the answer to my heart's expectation,

It doesn't mean I am unloved,

or that God is punishing me

or that God is not real.

His Word tells me that I can put my trust in Him

and wait. Oh, yes, it's hard to wait. No, it's super hard to wait. Especially when we are hurting through the wait.

But, God's word says that there is nothing hard for him. 

So, as I wait, He is working in my life.

He is working in my circumstances.

He is taking care of those things in my life that I don't see,

those things I can't understand because my focus can get lost in my pain and my immediate needs.

Yet, God looks into my life and doesn't just see my "right now". He is the God of my tomorrow and as He works in my life, he is also taking care of the answer I need for the moment that has yet to happen in my life.

His word, His words, are words for when I am broken.
When I feel like a rag doll, pulled apart and thrown to the corner of a dark, cold room. His words whisper into the place of my abandonment and soothe me.

God's words are like an ointment

for a soul that is achy, sore and exhausted.

His words are for the broken

because He was broken for us

He was broken for me

He was broken for my children

He took and carried all our hurts

Every moment of despair

He carried it

So that He would be the one to be broken the most

He carried it all

Yours, mine, theirs, his, hers, all of ours,

All our brokenness

On his body

In his mind

Deep in his heart

Upon his back

Upon his flesh

He became broken

The Word allowed Himself to be torn apart

So that I

So that my children

Would have a word of healing

Strength and comfort

So that I could reach out to Him in my pain

And give Him my brokenness

In exchange for His words

His words of Love

His life.

Written by Angeline M Duran Santiago