Where can I find Compassion?

Jun 122008

No one knows my sorrow, O God
No one knows my suffering
No one sees the wounds of my heart
nor the bitterness of my tears

I long for company
yet no one can bear with me
My heart longs for shelter
yet it cannot be embraced

In this miserable state
I lose all loveliness
and become as repulsive
as a thorn

Yet you know, my Lord
that it is the unlovely
and the miserable
who need to be held
and to be loved
the most

Walk not away from me, desert me not
Leave me not in emptiness on my own
Show me your wounds that are far deeper
and hide me in it
Let me take refuge in your cross
for it is only there
where I can find
COMPASSION

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One Response to “Where can I find Compassion?”

Maatch J says:

June 16, 2010 at 12:59 am

Yeah, I’m just not sure on this – can never make my mind up.

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Allan { hi joyce. my partner told me that he needs time for him to think things over. i know that its the end of our relationship. i have been in pain for the past 3 months until a week a ago when he told me through text message about this. he didnt even care to talk to me face to face.why am i in so much pain? i cant escape from the pain joyce. help me } – Feb 02, 9:45 AM
faith { Hi joyce, i feel that im at the lowest point of my life...late last year i found out that my bf ( for 6 months) is still going steady with her prior gf. i was crushed after learning that he fooled me for 6 months that we are together. but since i love him so much, i forgave him with his promise that he will end things with her and come back to me clean slate. but he did not come back at all. he said he was empty after breaking up with her (doubt if they really did break... } – Jan 29, 2:20 PM
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