Poetry: I Was Lost

I Was Lost ~

I looked in all the earth for a love like Yours, never could I find it...

When I was chasing lies and telling dreams You saw how low my soul did go.

Like an unlearned rebellious child, I looked for truth in the middle of lies.

I watched days upon days turn my life into years and then...

I was lost and by no one but You could I be found

I said this about the passing of my life  "where did it go without the presence of my savior?" 

Wasted, withered and gone away forever?

Then You picked my broken and tattered pieces up and with Your love which only knows how to mend them

Into beautiful...

Pieces--broken for Your glory

I didn't even know how lost I was until...

You gently and lovingly scooped it up, it was barely beating

And with Your all- consuming fire

You melted my heart, filled it up with You

Then You shaped it for something eternal...

I was lost and finally by You, Lord...

I have been found

~ Sarah Bridgewater