{blessed}

I think I am one of the most blessed mamas in this world, because all three of my girls "get it"....
Leah, my youngest, saw this picture on my Project 366 Photo a Day blog and responded to it this way:

Why do You love me

You have pursued my wicked and debauched heart

That only blasphemes Your name

You saw through my ugliness

My sneering demeanor

And You loved me

I laughed in Your face

Spitting on your pity

I mocked Your grace

And I trampled Your mercy

And yet You loved me

When I made every effort to drive You away

You drew me

Nearer

Closer

Deeper

Because You loved me

You gave me a home

You gave me a share in all that You had

You gave me a kingdom

What’s more You gave me Your name

For You loved me

And when I had grossly used

Abused

And shamed all these things

I sold my soul

My birthright

My identity

For nothing more than a bowl of soup

A sensual pleasure

A feeling

Yes for a feeling that was fleeting

It only lasted for a moment

And then it was gone

Yet I did not learn

I did it again

And again

And again

In spite of the fact that You loved me

Here I am

Here I stand

With nothing to give

With nothing to offer

With nothing

And yet I have the audacity to come into your throne room

And to beg You to fulfill my needs and desires

Presuming that You love me

My very best

My righteousness

My holiness

My spirituality

All the good things that I have done

Are nothing but a degrading sight for you to look upon

My goodness is but mud upon the bottom of your boots

Oh beat me off

Scrape me away

Throw me out of Your presence

Cast me off

But do not love me

For I am ashamed

I have taken Your name in vain

I have been unfaithful to Your trust

I have laid your temple waste with neglect

I have allowed Your worst enemy to infiltrate and cause destruction

I have done nothing worthy of Your love

But even though I am unworthy

Your character remains true

Your goodness

Kindness

Holiness

Showed no bounds

When You forgave me

And loved me

My heart was a lock

Crippling my soul

Which was chained and bound

To death everlasting

But Your touch was gentle and firm

There are no keys to the kingdom

There was only one

A son

A prince

You

Yes You slid inside

And unlocked my heart

You made me free

So that I may depart

This brothel of sin

This life of harlotry

Hell I deserve

But Heaven I get

Pearly gates

And streets of gold

Not to mention a crystal sea

But what’s more

I get a home with Thee

Why

Because You loved me   

© 2008 by Leah Dellicarpini
please do not use without permission

Comments

[Dawn]

Amazing......

[ukrainiac]

Wow!

[clarice]

Oh my just beautiful and soo, so true. Thank you for sharing. Clarice

[Auberne Ancalimon]

WOW!!!! That is incredible!!!!!! Absolutely amazing!!!

Auberne' Ancalimon

[Sherry]

What a beautiful picture! I am talking about the word picture that your daughter drew with her pen. Thank you for sharing with us!

[ramona]

Amazing. . .

[Kathy]

Your daughter's words are beyond amazing...so bold and so truthful of what we as humans do and how blessed we are that our Lord keeps loving us in spite of who we are! Thank you so much for sharing her poem. In fact I would love to be able to share this poem to my church and pastor this Sunday if you and your daughter would grant me permission...credit given of course to your daughter. It is just so poignate and profound that I felt her heart speaking the hearts of so many of us.

Blessings, Kathy

[Autumn Grace]

Poignant! I resonate with her style of writing!

[Amanda Rettke]

You are blessed... as well as are they to have a evangelizing mama! I have a post called "Train up a Child?" That I think you would enjoy in relation to this one of yours.

Gods blessings to you sister in Christ-
Amanda

[laura]

Amazing...Don't you learn so much from your kids? Mine are only 9 and 11, yet they teach me so much. You are blessed among women!

[Junelle]

What an amazing gift to me this am! I am so amazed by how much God chooses to bless us when we step out in faith for Him. He shows up and blesses our socks off!!! Please let your poet know how much she blessed me this am with her gift and I am so in love with your photo gift as well...it is my heart, too.

I love to see Jesus, how he shows Himself to us in this world, you showed His light through your photos this am. Bless your heart!

Keep up the postings and I will have to visit more often...from a tiny town in the middle of Utah, Junelle

[Shannon Woodward]

Your poem stole my breath. I came looking for ideas for journaling, but I think my real reason for finding you was to find that poem.

You blessed me ... thank you.