The Answer

All the pieces of this broken heart

gathered one by one

by Holy nail-scarred hands

stained with the blood of mercy and redemption

Flesh torn

You hung

hammered by betrayal to a tree

that grew from the very ground You created

You traveled the earth

Wore the skin of a simple man

A walking vessel of Love

finding worth and purpose in the lowest of us

A slaughtered innocent

A willing sacrifice

Spit on and ridiculed

Mocked and humiliated

You took my pain

You took the pain of the entire human race

Of course, You understand my sorrow

Forgive me for forgetting

Jesus

Healer

Savior

From the ashes

I rise

No longer limping through life

crippled by the agony of the past

You made all things new

No longer incomplete or broken

viewing myself unworthy

You made me complete and whole

You were always the answer