A Rescuer

I seem to always forget I have a blogspot and would really like to get into writing more in here. I'm just so used to writing in my handwritten journal that I forget about my online one.

I wrote this poem a little while ago. I've been through an awful lot in my life and no matter what, God has always been there ready to grab hold of me and comfort me. He is my rescuer.

A Rescuer

Below a watchful moonlight’s glow
Across thickets bound in thorns
There find you a little weeping girl
A heart in pain; her clothes are torn

Confined to misery by hidden chains
There she pines to wash away memories
drown her bruises and hurt amongst tears
Yearn to release restricting holds; to be set free

A caged bird watching the world spin by
She lay in tall grass gazing at skies above
Sobbed a melody; a tune of hopeful pleas
For rescue from a sadness she’d grown tired of

A man soon found her among the thicket
Reached down to wipe away her tears
He picked the girl up; carried her out of thorns
Whispered gently, “You have nothing to fear”

He took her to a nearby home in town
Washed her feet; wiped the dirt from her skin
Wrapped a blanket around her shoulders
And that’s when his own tears did begin

He wept for the pain she’d endured
He wept for the bruises she hid behind
The girl turned and hugged the sobbing man
Couldn’t understand why he’d been so kind

She turned to him once again and said
“I’m nothing, who are you and why this fuss?”
He replied, “I love you my daughter. You’re everything to me
And by the way, You ask my name. My name is Jesus.”



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I know I'm not perfect. In fact, I screw up an awful lot, even when I try my hardest not to. I'm human. That doesn't mean I can't strive to be better. That doesn't mean I can't strive to live a life imitating Jesus. I know I don't always set a great example of a Christian. I do have that desire to be more though. I do have that desire to grow even closer to God. I need to take that next step though... plunge forward. What is holding me back? What is holding me down?