"Such Painful Beauty"

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    Honesty with God, baring one's soul to Him. A very rough draft of someting I just wrote.

    "Such Painful Beauty"

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    "Such Painful Beauty" Posted by Samuel W. Hyde on April 20, 2011 at 1:25pm View My Blog

    "Such Painful Beauty"

     

     

    this morning very early

    I had a conversation with God

    it started as a prayer but I decided

    to lay my soul bare and simply

    expose my darkest sins

    my regrets and my pain

    at reliving such terrible things

    knowing I am the guilty one

    wanting to let go of the weight

     

     

    it was such painful beauty

    that I am now forgiven

    I did my painful duty

    and gave the weight to Him

     

    I told him of so many things:

    of how I felt about my sins

    of how I felt about the harm I've done

    of how I feel about myself

    of how I'll always love Him

     

     

    I really gave it to myself

    I talked to Him of my shortcomings

    of my faults, my disease of sin

    I told Him of my sorrow

    I told Him of my pain

    I talked to Him about my life

     

     

    about the marriage I almost destroyed

    about His grace to let me save it

    I asked Him for His strength to

    help me pull it off

     

     

    I was so painfully honest

    it really hurt me so

    to take a real good look

    at the way I have hurt others

    of the jerk I have been for years

     

     

    yet our Lord took me at my word

    and cleansed me in and out

    I got this peaceful feeling

    indefinably vague and warm

    I knew that I was heard

     

     

    now I must learn

    to be always honest with myself

    before God!

     

    © Sam Hyde

        04-20-11

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