hurting and healing

photograph by C. N.

I want to be friends with everyone

though everyone cannot understand

how in the world can a sinner like me

ever live down whatever it was I once was

how does a sinner like me 

live down what he once was?

when repentance will not come

calling and begging and shoving its way in

into the hearts of the stubborn

fall cries of confusion

then in that dark night

God's light diffuses all doubt

trading black and ugly

for bright and delight

shining in found again beauty

clean and whole and new

different yet the same 

wounded yet healed

once I felt I could never be glad

glad I was wrong and know I am loved

loved by my Savior

and your Savior too

blessed through sacrifice

healed through His pain