flippin' files...

I've been going thru piles of paperwork and files in recent days, filing things away that have been in my "to be filed" pile for way too long. One of the things I ran across was some paperwork that I kept from a divorce recovery seminar that I went to almost 4 years ago. There was a... poem? song? ... that they had included in the workbook compiled for the seminar, that was meant as an encouragement for those who had experienced the death of their marriage. As I read thru it again, I read it thru the eyes of a birthmother, as if God was speaking to her in her grieving... see what you think...

"If You Only Knew"

by Tom Jones

*

If you only knew

The plans I have made for you

You'd lift your eyes again

Look up to the skies again

If you understood

My plans for you are good

Then you'd believe again

You'd want to live again

If you only knew

*

I know it's hard, you

With your life so broken,

To care about tomorrow

Or to know which way to go

But you still need to know

The promises I've spoken

I still love you

And I'll never let you go

*

The plans you made are gone

And your dreams are shattered

And you're feeling all alone

And no one seems to understand

But if you'll trust in Me

Though you're feeling battered

I will strengthen you

And hold you with My hand

*

My plans are not like yours

I use pain and I use sorrow

Every trouble has it's fruit to bear

Every weakness makes you strong

Take each day patiently

And you will find tomorrow

That My mercy triumphs in you like a song

*

If you only knew

The plans I've made for you

Then you'd believe again

You'd want to live again

If you understood

My plans for you are good

I'll not abandon you

I'll keep my hand on you

How I wish you knew