So, all I have to say about this is WOW!!! My friend, Hannah, read this poem that she wrote in English class for a poetry competition. I wish each one of my readers could have been there to see it. If you could have felt all the air sucked out of that darkened classroom, if you could have heard the tremor in her voice as she spoke of her Savior’s love, you would have been amazed that any person on earth could reject His unconditional love. Sorry about the punctuation and slight typographical problems. But, truly all that doesn’t matter in the face of all the deep truths contained in these words. Well, before I bore you with my rambling, here is her poem-Salvation Gave Me Scars. I hope it touches your heart as it has mine.

Salvation Gave Me Scars
By Hannah

Where were you when I needed you the most
The feeling of love has become nothing more than a ghost
I gave him the knife and he stabbed out my heart
I am wounded, I’m bleeding, I’m falling apart

This dark room has become my church and pain my God
I have fallen in love with my own sin
I would stab him with the very knife he left in my back
To get back to where I once had been

I blame you and turn away and now I am trapped
By so many wounds
By so much hate
I desperately try to find a way out before it is too late

My hope has left me, my strength is gone
I no longer have the desire to see the dawn
I have given up. I do not have the will to fight
I am afraid to sleep, fearing it may be my last night

As I lie here motionless and let the tears fall from my eyes
I roll onto my back and look to the skies
All I see above me is shadow and cloud
I feel so alone and hear the silence scream out loud

I am through with this suffering and all of these scars
Hate has become my cage and I’m trapped by its bars
All I know is guilt and the bitter taste of pain
The thought of being alone again makes the tears fall like rain

I feel the sorrow wash over me like a great flood
I have lost my hope along with my tears, sweat, and blood
I’m past being forgiven.
I just can not get it right
I look back up to the sky,
its still as black as night

The tears finally stop
My body goes cold
What happened to the love and all the truths I have been told
The thing I need most is what I am trying to fight
Suddenly the clouds break
Could that really be light

Then it hits me. I have been lost all along
I drop my madness realizing this is all wrong
I have dealt with sadness and hatred in all shapes and forms
But the stars were always there, I just lost sight of them through the storms

I have never felt more alive or closer to death
The lights burn my eyes and the warmth takes my breath
I now remember the love I left long ago
It grabs a hold of me tightly and will not let go

You lift my shaking body up off the ground
My eyes are filled with tears, but I still see you all around
I want to run from you to hide my shame
I don’t deserve to be forgiven but you still call my name

I am covered in marks of madness, but you tell me I am beautiful with my scars and all
Even though I felt alone you were with me through this fall
You were no longer invisible when I became alive
You told me something true when all I have heard were lies

You gave me a second life and now I know forgiveness
Now I will shine for you though all I have known is darkness
You tell me you love me, you forgive me, I am free
I turned my back on you but my the real problem was me

You showed me your unconditional love
This gift will stay with me forever
I can not keep this to myself
I’ll share it with whomever

I once was lost but now I am found
I once was unstable but now I am sound
I must share this faithful love that has saved my life
That rescued me from darkness and made me put down the knife

We are all called to hold our hands to the wounds of the broken souls to stop the bleeding
Instead I went wondering around lost, not knowing what I am needing
I have never walked this road before, but with your help I can run
You have pulled me from out of the black and into the sun

It is true our hearts will all break along this winding road
But when we think we can not carry on you are there to help bare the load
I believe you saved my life so I could share your love
My suffering was not a punishment, but a gift from above

From that moment you rescued me on that dark and rainy night
I vow never to return to darkness but to always seek the light
Stories all have endings
All life ends in death
I promise to follow my savior until I draw my last breath

Until my life is over or until I begin to fade
I will share my story about all the mess I have made
I won’t forget my past but I will not let it control me
You broke my chains, made me new, and from my sins I am free.

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   All I can say is WOW!God bless from Oregon~Sharon

   Comment by Sharon Goemaere — May 28, 2009 @ 2:57 AM

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