Broken Vessel

                                        by Susan

                               I come before you

                             I am nothing.

                             My spirit is broken, my hope is gone.

                              So many years of  abuse and heartache

                            has made me tired and weary.

                             I have sinned in many ways

                             Some are secret and some are not.

                            I've had many turn their backs on me and say

                              I'm just not good enough

                               I see myself as a broken vessel

                              So many scars from my past.

                             I cannot offer you purity

                            because that and much more is gone.

                              but when I go before God

                           and His grace shines on me

                              I become whole again

                            as pure as a bride on her wedding day.

                                He heals my pain and my scars

                                     and replaces my sadness with hope.

                                   He tells me I am perfect in Him

                                   and blesses me beyond understanding.

                      By Susan Robinson
                   Copyright 2003 by Susan Robinson