FEEL YOUR PAIN AND KNOW HIS PRESENCE

                                               

Feel all your pain, acknowledge its presence,

Do not try to deny its existence,

Because of the words people to you speak,

Making you feel guilty, awful and weak;

You feel your pain, for it is very real,

Then comes the clincher that all their words seal,

When you are told of others worse than you,

Who suffer a lot more pain than you do;

Your pains are compared with others, greater,

You try to hide, but to you they matter,

You suffer in silence, craving support,

But guilt keeps making you feel more distraught,

As light is made of your hurt and deep pain,

Which says, compared with others, yours is vain;

True, others have pain, and sometimes much more,

Compared with yours, but this comfort is sure,

To our God of Love, your pain does matter,

He cares whenever His children suffer;

Feel your pain; deny not its existence,

There’s no need to pretend in God’s presence.  

                                                             Amen!