The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound Isaiah 61:1 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18
What an amazing week this has been! I have had the wonderful blessed opportunity to spend this week with thousands of Christian women in the Proverbs 31 She Speaks 2016 conference. So many amazing women deeply in love with Jesus and on fire to spread the word. I could go on and on naming the speakers who so touched my heart and life. The amazing attendees each with a passion and a story. We all have stories. Sometimes those stories are filled with sorrow, pain, and grief; yet, ringing through it all is one thing—God loves me, God never gives up on me, and God’s love is enough to overcome every sorrow. Friday night as Lysa Terkeurst took the stage, I anticipated a great message. A woman so anointed as a writer and speaker; yet, I did not expect the raw vulnerability that drew me in. Somehow, we think that those who are so well known in the ministry don’t still have storms; but, they do. Lysa had recently finished a book called “Uninvited” which is a book dealing with the rejections we face. Believing all had already been said about the subject, then an uninvited storm came into her life and sent her running in retreat of her own book for comfort. Sometimes, we feel uninvited and sometimes uninvited storms come in and we feel abandoned, rejected by God. Ah, but God is right there. Her talk was raw with emotion, filled with inspiration, and that beautiful grace of God’s sustaining joy in the midst of the storm. That talk inspired me to write this poem. So if you are hurting, know this God is enough to fill your heart with glee. Just wait a moment, you will see.
My Love is Enough
by Effie Darlene Barba
Trials arise and storms of the heart
Come raging into our life
Uninvited, unwanted they scream
Words of bitterness and strife
Into the depth of our heart and our soul
Driving their pain with sharpest of knife
Cutting, bleeding taking their toll
Stripping away any signs of our life
Crying to God, I scream for a why?
Didn’t I love enough? Sing your praise?
Wounded, battered I really did try!
All of my life! All of my days!
Then I did feel His warmth, His embrace
Oh, my dear child, don’t you now see
Everything, spiraling toward you with grace
Only reveals the truth that is me
I had to remove the scars of this world
The dark hidden spots you never reveal
Twisted, resisted so tightly furled
Had come in the night your joy to steal
Come deep in my arms, rest for a while
To heal all those scars you carried so long
The Broken Unspoken pain doth beguile
Drawing you far from where you belong
I see your heart wounded deep inside
Come my dear Child, Safe you will be
Wrapped in my love, here to abide
Wait for a moment and then you will see
My love is enough to fill you with glee
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Picture used by written permission of the artist, Ronald Barba. You may obtain copies at http://fineartamerica.com/artists/ronald+barba where you may also view other masterpieces of his work. You may contact me if you are interested in his doing any commissioned artwork for you.
©Effie Darlene Barba, 2016
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