Sunken Vessel Rising

Sunken Vessel Rising

I have sunken like a ship

Down to the Ocean’s floor.

I’ve seen my integrity wash away

Until it was no more.

I have fallen.

I sailed as a vessel – mighty.

The waves sang my song.

My rudder closely guided.

No storm could turn me wrong.

Then came the wind.

Then came the dance.

The Ocean and the Sea.

My pride held no chance.

I cracked in the storm.

The waves broke me in two.

A hurricane split me open

And there I was consumed.

The deep became my grave,

Waters dark within.

Giving sight to my weakness

Laying eyes on my sin.

How could God ever forgive me?

How could he ever care for me again?

Then I remembered Jonah

And how he sank to the deep

Alive in his grave

Who could hear him weep?

God heard.

Then I remembered David

How his desire consumed

When his mind went astray

His actions followed soon.

A man after God’s very heart

In contemplation of sin

This great king

Fell apart.

The thought of him awaking,

Of coming to.

Drenching his pillow

‘Till his eyes held no dew.

I could reach through the pages

Of the Bible and touch

The broken

Shameful

Torture of such.

And then I remembered

From the shadows

From the darkness

They were brought back.

From the cursed

From the broken

From the depths of the sea

From the places that are hidden

God can reach me.

From my sin

From my shame

From this place that I dwell

From the court yards

From the sanctums

From the gates of hell.

From any were

And every where that I can fall

Not only will he lift me up

He will bid me

“Child, stand tall,

Stand firm,

LIfT Up your face.

You are forgive

Hold no more disgrace.

Beyond forgiving you

I bid you back

To my love

To my forgiveness

To all you can be

To find great life

In living for me.”

by ELL