Broken...Open Up Your Skies

In the night I wait for You to rescue me

From these empty things that leave me thirsting.

Still my heart is only Yours and this ache is my heart's cry-

Let my hands reach out and touch more than the sky

And I know that there are hidden rooms

And I struggle with unsearchable truths

And I know there's a limit to man

Yes, I'm a limited man

Limited as I may be, I find my solace in a tree

I find You there with pierced and broken hands

So open up Your skies, let these rains fall down

On these fields so dry, on this barren ground.

Ashamed I hide and hope that You won't see

And keep Your knowing gaze far from me

I'm a broken offering, overwhelmed with all this pain

Yet I lay myself before You all the same

Bruised and scarred as I may be

I find my solace in a tree

I find You there, with pierced and broken hands

So open up Your skies, let these rains fall down

On these fields so dry, on this barren ground

I was made for this

Your embrace and kiss

To hold the hand and know the heart of God

I was made with this

Broken, emptiness

How did I live before I knew Your touch?

Open up Your skies, let these rains fall down

On these fields so dry, on this barren ground

In the night I wait for You to rescue me

From all these empty things that leave me thirsting.

~from Come Like the Fall by Tim Suel

This seems to be something God wants me to get my mind around. He has been teaching me that we are all broken. There is not one of us that has it all together (as much as I'd like that). We all need Him. We need Jesus. His word (the Bible) is not a book of do's and don'ts from a taskmaster. His word is LIFE. I love the lines I bolded. I was made for Him. He lets (and wants) me to know Him.

I was reading today from a study I am doing by Henry & Richard Blackaby (When God Speaks) that, "If you found yourself in a war-torn country and had to pass through a minefield to return to safety, your life would be in enormous peril. ONe wrong step would have disastrous consequences! If a soldier approached you while you stood in the middle of the minefield and handed you a map marking the location of the mines, those instructions would immediately become the most important information in your life. The rules you had to follow would not discourage you. So God's Word, when followed and implemented, brings you out of death into full and abundant life."

I am broken. I need Him. Oh my goodness, I am so thankful for Jesus. He is my constant friend, the Holy Spirit teaches and comforts me. God's word is alive and active, sometimes it hurts, sometimes I do not like what it reveals in me, but it is LIFE. He uses His word to show me His GREAT love for this broken child...His plan for this proud daughter...praise God, He is not done with me!!!!