Broken and Empty

She sits there watching
Waiting for a sign
A hand to guide
A direction to climb.

She sits there crying,
Not sure what to feel.
It's been so long
No desire to heal.

She sits there empty
Her life is void.
There is nothing
Just an empty shell.

Is there a God?
Where is He now?
Why has He abandoned her?
There is no reason to grow.

She is broken,
Hurt and abandoned,
Lost and drifting,
No desire to grow.

She is sitting there
No one around
No place to call home.
No reason to go on.

But it is He
Who reaches out
Through the others
Who surround.

They do not know
Who she is
What she has done
Anything about her.

But they extend their hand,
They share a prayer,
Paint an image of hope,
A gift from God.

She sees a light -
Faint and distant.
She fears the light.
She fears the hope.

But she reaches beyond,
Beyond that wall of fear.
Into their offering of hope
Into his offering of love.

She doesn't know what to do,
She doesn't know what to say,
She knows she needs something
She needs something today.

Reach out your hand.
Show her your God.
Show His love and grace.
Share His healing.

She reaches for this love,
She reaches for this grace,
She wants so desperately
To earn this healing.

She does not realize
Healing is not earned.
Healing is restoration
Into His presence.

Slowly she embraces healing
The empty feeling
Is still there;
But God is also there.

She is reaching out to God.
She feels so empty
She feels so broken
But she feels calm.

The torment is ending.
The hurt is healing.
The fear is ceasing.
The saints are interceding.

He is filling her.
She feels different.
Not sure what to do,
This is a different ache.

But He knows all
She has found God.
What once was broken
Now is made whole.