Here we are, the broken,
Waiting while we praise
Praying for Your hand, oh God,
To heal, to help, to raise
Your people from their fallen ways
Here we are, the blessed,
Watching for Your grace
Praying for Your love to change
Our hearts, our heads, our hands
Your children need to learn Your ways
We are beloved and broken,
Children of the living God
Marked by grace, transformed by love
Your kingdom come today we pray
Here we are, beloved,
Washed in the blood of Christ
Praying for clean hearts and hands
To serve, to teach, to reach
Your lost sheep, Your broken lambs.
We are beloved and broken
Children of the living God
Saved from sin, changed within
Work Your will in us we pray
We are beloved and broken
Our God can make us whole
We are beloved and broken
He heals the wounded soul
We are beloved and broken
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
Make us whole
By Chris Yeager
Chris Yeager Writes Blog 
12 responses to “Broken and Beloved”
Really like the poem! 🙂
Thanks Chara.
Wow Chris . . .I could hear a song in this. Very powerful! Thanks for sharing and God bless you and yours!
Thanks Debbie. Glad you enjoyed it.
Blessings!
Love the line “marked by grace”…..what a great picture! Not the mark of the beast, but the Mark of Grace! Praise His Name!
I’m thinking Debbie’s got an idea there….a little melody and your wonderful poem becomes a song.
Thanks Kate! It is good to know that His grace marks us as His. As far as it being a song, I will have to talk to some of my musician friends and see what they think.
Blessings,
Chris
Time issues prevent me from reading most of the communications I receive, but I love your blog and always look forward to reading it. Your homilies inspire me to search my heart and sometimes change my behavior. I particularly enjoy your incorporation of your family experiences into your biblical interpretations and explanations. You have a true gift and I appreciate the time you spend and the hard work you do to share it. Thank you.
Wow, Barbara, thanks for the heartfelt encouragement! I am grateful for you giving your time and insight. I hope my musings continue to bless.
In His grace,
Chris
“Broken and Beloved,” Beloved and Broken, an alliterative paradox. So far so good. Folowed by an edifying, discursive progression. But I don’t find a unifying metaphor pulling it all together imaginatively. And imaginative metaphor is the essence of poetry.
Have you ever read the Catholic poet, Anne Porter? Garrison Keilor read her poem “Music” on the air in his “Writer’s Almanac” and I was so struck by it (and its coming from my bete noire, Keillor) that I bought her 2006 book “Living Things.” Here’s a link to an appreciation of her work from the WSJ, 2007 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/anne-porter-an-easter-lily-in-the-field-of-late-blooming-poets/
Thanks for the critique, David. I would argue that spiritual poetry can assume a different essence for poetry, that being worship. This poem was intended to be worshipful. When God is the overarching theme, poetry takes on a different purpose. Thanks also for the link.
Blessings,
Chris
I really liked it! I agree with some of the above – great song material. Blessings to you and Molly!
Thanks Debbie. Blessings to you as well.