Even though...
Their words cut like shrapnel,
The blows didn’t cease,
Tears overflowed endless buckets,
The dark seemed so much bigger than the light,
My future looked hopeless and bleak,
God was still faithful...
He was still there,
Though I couldn’t see Him,
He never left my side,
Drawing me nearer to Him through all the pain,
Even though...
I tried to get help and was turned away,
Sent back to the prison I so bravely escaped,
Those who should have stepped in, stepped out instead,
Right back to life with a gun to my head,
The cops failed, They looked the other way,
DHS didn’t do their job, we fell through the cracks,
God is good...
He protected me,
Held me under his wing,
Drawing me to a saving relationship,
Showing me the love of a Father,
Adopting me as a child,
Even though…
The dark years were so long,
As I was finally on my own,
Yet didn’t know what a real life was like,
Many nights driving back roads,
Wondering what it would be like,
To drive off the edge for nobody to find,
God was there…
He kept that little light at the end of the tunnel,
Kept my steering wheel straight on the road,
Through the years of blood and pain,
The depression and anxiety,
Bad thoughts and dangerous addictions,
God lifted me, He raised me up,
Even though…
I didn’t deserve an ounce of His love,
His goodness, mercy or grace,
He redeemed me, brought me out of my suffering,
In due time blessed me with all I could desire,
Healed the brokenness, restored my soul,
God is holy, almighty, He is GOOD.
When times are rough sometimes we wonder where he is,
We wonder why He let us go through hard times and pain,
All the what ifs or could have beens,
But all in his timing, all in his plan that one day I will understand…
God used my pain for healing, He is using it to reach others,
In all of life… God still is who He is…He is good. Even though life circumstances will be hard.
~Kriss Elise
