All too often as we face the trials, pains, and sorrows of this life; we don’t understand why or how God would allow this. It is those moments when we become so undone by all that surrounds us and the desperate despair within. Yet, it is an all wise Sovereign God who because of His tremendous love for us allows the sorrows, the pains, and the evil of this broken world to touch us. He steadies His Hand of Justice so that He can reach out His hand of Grace and draw us in closer to His Bosom. He knows that this heart of mine would be so content with counterfeit joys that I could never find the fullness of Joy He holds for me in Christ. He knows that I would cling to lesser loves and lesser treasures if He did not tear them from my hands so I could see Him. Ever tear I shed, every pain I have born, and every dark night had great purpose in God’s Hand of love to turn my face toward Him. What I might have once thought of as my undone, I have learned was God’s doing miraculous and wondrous things for me. What amazing grace, mercy, patience and love He has shown to this undeserving heart. What joy, peace, hope and strength I have found in Him.
Out of the Ashes-A Joyous Love Song
By Effie Darlene Barba
I don’t understand
Why the nail scarred hand
Why you had to bleed
To fulfill my need
Oh can you help me see
This great mystery
Why the joy we sought
With your blood you bought
Yet, we’re blinded still
Unyielding to thy will
Because we think to gain
There should be no pain
When the trials come
We become so glum
As we cry unfair
Screaming “Are you there?”
(Bridge)
Gently, so gently you reached out your hand
To cradle me there to help me to stand
It was love that allowed all this sorrow and pain
To awaken my heart to the darkest of stain
If never I walk through the darkest of night
I can never find joy in your glorious light
Until I was broken, my life was undone
I loved from afar your precious dear son
It was there in the darkness that you drew me in
Alone there and broken my heart you did win
It was there you unveiled this great mystery
That I couldn’t see you when I’m looking at me
Out of the ashes to my heart’s surprise
A joyous love song began now to rise
My Broken heart
Was a brand new start
Helped me understand
The nail scarred hand
Helped my eyes to see
That the victory
Was already won
By your precious son
So whatever pain
Torrential rain
In your love I hide
In your joy abide
My Broken heart
Was a brand new start
Helped me understand
The nail scarred hand
Helped my eyes to see
That the victory
Was already won
By your precious son
So whatever pain
Torrential rain
In your love I hide
In your joy abide
Much like Paul told Timothy, “Do not weep for my imprisonment, my pain, my beatings, the stoning, or my suffering…” “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2Timothy 1:7). “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17)
I don’t know where you are along this journey; but, I do know this. [bctt tweet=”God’s love is bigger than your heartbreak.”] [bctt tweet=”God’s strength is big enough to carry your heaviest burden.”]In Christ you have everything that you need to find hope, joy, and love—in Him, you will rise above all life’s trials. Even if you don’t realize it yet; He will show you the way to full happiness in Him no matter what circumstances surround you.
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©Effie Darlene Barba, 2016
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