Luke 23:46 A poem I wrote a while ago after a huge mental breakdown. Thought I'd share it for Good Friday. Luke 23:46 A reminder that Jesus loves us but won't force us to love him. He will wait for us to come to him.
In the midst of all my failings I found you I had tried to survive without you Like a deer trying to survive without water I tried to live off others' love But it wasn’t the love I needed It wasn’t the love my soul truly yearned for I wanted you All along it yearned for you I wanted you You are the only one who could’ve pulled me from the darkness And yet I kept digging into it Running from the light The only one who could save me from myself And yet I struggled from your embrace And I I tried to find love everywhere else Anywhere but with you I was sitting there broken And forgot that you could put me back together I denied your love That you so willingly gave Instead, searching for it elsewhere Anywhere but you And I’m realizing you were all I ever needed All I ever wanted All I ever sought for And I avoided you like the plague Making excuses Acting as though you didn’t truly exist My mistake was not trusting you And now As I sit here On the edge of my brokenness I remembered you The one who gave up everything Just to love me Just to save me The one unworthy of salvation I will let you put me back together Pick up the broken pieces And hand them to you For you You are the one The one I can trust With all my life With all my soul With all my love Forevermore I will let you carry me in my sufferings
