Return Love for Harm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I lift a prayer to heal my heart

From the wrath that it feels

And flood it with forgiving peace,

The kind that anger steals.

 

The bitter spite, the cutting words

That broken people say

Can twist a heart into a knot

That drives all peace away.

 

But that is not the kind of life

That I am called to live,

And I must find the forgiveness

That my heart needs to give.

 

Unless I let go and forgive,

The one I harm is me.

For it’s only through forgiveness

That my heart can break free.

 

Help me see my own brokenness

Reflected in the face

Of those who seek to cause me pain,

Then help me show them grace.

 

For grace is what You give to us

To heal a broken soul,

And we are called to share that grace

To heal and make us whole.

 

Colossians 3:14-15

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.