By Monica C. Voskamp
Redeem
Redeem what is so wrong
Redeem what now
Is not.
Redeem
Redeem what’s beyond my powers
Redeem my story,
Now.
I need a lifeline
I need a Saviour
I need a hope
In times I see none.
I need you more than I’ve ever
Wished to admit
I need your powers of redemption,
Now.
Bridges I’ve burned
Clocks I can’t rewind
Mistakes I’ve made
Memories I can’t erase.
These are on me
These are my now
These are where I need
Redemption now.
I’m only human
Please remember,
I’m not supernatural
I’m not the Divine.
I know I can do a lot
Much more than I’ve ever
Estimated.
But there are some things
Beyond my capabilities.
There are somethings
Beyond the realms of my
Galaxies.
These things are for You
For You to take, to redeem
To beautify, to heal
To restore.
It’s a mess, I know
Because human hands
Seem to be very capable
Of that.
But You don’t scoff
You don’t sigh
You don’t refrain
Rather you listen.
You tell me this:
It is your joy to redeem
It is your pleasure to step in
It is for you to do
What I can not.
So redeem
For I have not the strength
I have not the capacity
I don’t even have the equation
To morph an ending
Into a new beginning.
Redeem
Do not wait too long
In this heartbreak.
Redeem
Let it be sooner
Than not.
I’m sending prayers
Past the gates of time,
I’m sending voiceless words
Into the realms of You.
I’m asking the gift
The Christmas miracle
To redeem what is
My impossible.
Always hope. Always believe. Always love. ❤
*Photo Credit: Photo by amir arefi on Unsplash
