This Great Love

Listening to: “East to West” by Casting Crowns

I love it when I dig around in old journals and find random poems buried deep down in the pages.

That's what happened here. As I was flipping through a past journal, I came across a poem I'd written back in April. Re-reading it now, it didn't quite feel complete, and the mood definitely didn't match the strength I've found in Jesus since first jotting the lyrics.

The journal entries around this poem (between April 8^th and April 12^th ) were doodled with lots of broken hearts with notes like: “My heart is crushed.” That should give you an indication of where I was at spiritually.

I'm in a much different place now, and it felt strange posting the below poem now that I'm so far past that chasm I was crossing back in April. So, I did a little editing and added three stanzas. Now I can say the first half of the poem was written in Tambo de Mora, Peru (approx. April 10^th, 2014), and the second half was written in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica (July 13, 2014).

Jesus took my broken heart, which I gave to Him when we were leaving Peru, and in just three months He remolded it into something beautiful, full of joy and healing. He is SO GOOD, and I'm honored to praise Him with this poem.

My heart is breaking

Tenderly

Gently o'er the

Rolling seas

Gently and with

Perfect ease

In this great Love

You have for me

Break my heart, Lord

Perfectly

Whispering, You

Speak to me

Singing, slowly

Shaping me

In this great Love

Awaiting me

Touch my heart, Lord

Mercifully

Draw me out o'er

Stormy seas

Draw me out – say:

Come to Me.

For if I fall, You'll

Carry me

In Your great Love, God

Do not wait

Please don't ever

Hesitate

For I might doubt, and

I might shriek

And I might pause with

Shaky knees

But I can fight, Lord

I won't sink

I won't run

Away from Thee

I will stay, Lord

I can't flee

From this great Love

You have for me

From this great Love

Awaiting me

From Your great Love

Inside of me