Brokeness to Wholeness

written 1965

               There was a time when I had become broken into many pieces, fragmented.  There was no joy for me; sadness and despair were my lot.  I knew not where to go nor could I find any peace.  Then I remembered that there one person who I could turn to, who had always been there, waiting for me to turn to Him.

            Now I am whole again, and complete; not fragmented and broken as I was before.  Joy has returned to me; and a peace better than any I knew before, for He has touched me and healed me.

            Where could I find another like Him?  For He is ALWAYS there for me to talk to, even when I want Him not, for I will not always listen to what He says, and need someone else to tell me His word.  But still, He is there for me, always.  And never will I be completely alone.

            And He holds my hand, nor will He ever let me stray far from Him, but lovingly keeps me close by.  He is my Counselor, my Guide, and my Friend.  He keeps me on the straight path, and I flourish and grow only when He is near.  For I have no strength of my own.

            He is the sun, I the moon.  I shine only in His glory.  My light is only reflected light, reflected from Him.  I do not reflect that light perfectly, but what light I do reflect is only His.

            Where could I go for someone as patient and loving as He?  Nowhere!  For He has infinite love and infinite patience, He is at once my God and my Father.  He is the one who made me and gave me life.  He is all life and all love.  And only in Him is complete love and complete peace. 

            I can never know all of Him.  The more I know about Him; the more there is to know.  He is greater, mightier than I could ever conceive.  He is everything to me, my complete life.  And without Him, there is no life, there is nothing but chaos. 

            My joy is all in Him, my peace and happiness, His.  He keeps me going through all the troubles and sorrows of this life.  He is everything to me, my whole life.