Cry of the Broken-Hearted

His touch alone is able to bring beauty from brokenness and life from death.

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We cry out from a broken heart,
Shards lying all around us on the ground.
Our tears pour out—
It feels like they will never end.

The pain explodes from within us,
Our chests feeling like they will break apart.
Lying face down on the ground,
Our desperate plea for help and rescue escaping our lips.

Our Kind Shepherd is here,
Never leaving, never abandoning us in grief.
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief Himself,
He will not turn away.

He gathers the pieces of our broken hearts,
Tenderly cradling them in His nail-scarred hands.
Not one piece is missed
As He brings them close to His own heart, once broken for us.

Light pours from His gentle fingers,
And as He touches each jagged edge.
He holds two pieces together,
Forging them with gold—Light’s brightness shining through each mend.

Bit by painful bit,
He expands our hearts by healing them.
He allows more room for His love and Light to radiate,
The mending becoming its own work of art.

Broken hearts are not too hurt
For His gentle love to heal and mend.
He binds up the wounded,
Carefully bringing healing and new freedom and life in the process.

You are precious in His sight,
And His eyes leak tears for you in your pain.
He sees you and hears you,
Never leaving even in the darkest valley.

Let Him near your broken heart,
Even if many before have caused more harm.
His touch alone is able
To bring beauty from brokenness and life from death.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

 

This is an updated edition of a post originally published on Broken & Hopeful

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About the Author

Hannah Morrell is executive director of Broken & Hopeful and a pastoral counselor. She has been working in lay counseling for almost 20 years and holds a Master's degree in Counseling Ministries. Hannah started Broken & Hopeful in 2016 because she was called to help those who feel broken find life, hope, and peace in their everyday life with Jesus. Broken & Hopeful is a nonprofit ministry providing donation-based Christian counseling, blog posts, an annual women’s retreat, a podcast called Undercurrents of Hope, and resources including books and video courses. Hannah loves people’s stories, considers it a privilege to hear them, and passionately works to restore people to hope.

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