-a reflection on the Psalms
by Jenelle Lambshead
Is there someone out there who as ever felt like me?
Where sadness just comes along, and won’t leave you be?
Sometimes it comes out of the blue.
When I see something hard and think, ya me too.
Or sometimes in waves in returns for more.
With a familiar voice, and spot on the floor
Then there are times when it comes in close,
touching my heart where I hurt most.
Most times, I want to ignore these things;
they’re too hard to feel, so hard it stings.
I wish I could just pack them away,
in a safe little box, and there they’ll stay.
Tucked in a corner where no one can see,
all of the hard parts of just being me
Then I’ll be happy, and smile all day;
I won’t let the these hard feelings get in my way.
But there is something that I have come to learn.
That every feeling, it get’s their turn.
To hold my attention, and grab at my heart.
You see the way I’ve been created is a work of art.
I have all these feelings, like notes in a song.
Each with a place within me to belong.
They work together to make each other more;
a fullness and wholeness like never before.
And God did this on purpose, within you too!
You are complex and wonderful, in just being you!
He says, come to me, I’m never far.
Open your heart, bring all that you are.
I am a safe place for you to be you.
Show me your heart, and I’ll show you mine too.
I will give you a joy amidst every pain.
A hope to hold tight to, that won’t be in vain.
So I want you know this deep down to your core,
When you share your heart, God says tell me more.
