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A New Psalm

I am singing to the Lord a new song --
It is a song of release, of hope, of joy, of peace.
It is a song of praise.
Praise to the Healer,
the Giver of Life, 
the Redeemer of sin,
the Spirit of New Life,
Who is working a miracle in me
and Who holds me in His eternal Love.


Oh Lord, I thank you for this miracle of New Life --
For the grace You have bestowed on me . . .
For the release I am at long last experiencing.
I am only now becoming whole.
I am Your "work in progress".
What joy to allow Your grace to unfold in me,
to unlock the treasure so long buried within.


In the depths of my soul I was crushed, broken,
and in despair, oh Lord --
But Your healing grace sustained me, shored me up,
and broke through the impenetrable fog
like a brilliant ray of sunshine.
It warms me now and enables my new song
to begin to burst forth.


Something in me had died, Lord --
Died when I denied You
. . . when I denied life to my baby
. . . when I denied the reality of what I had done
. . . when I tried to deny how devastated I was.
And no matter how hard I tried to get beyond the abortion,
to put it behind me
It was there
	there to haunt me
	to cause anguish, anxiety, isolation and alienation
	to produce anger, depression, sorrow and shame
	to hurt me and others
	to touch many lives.


Oh, how I needed repentence --
how I needed Your forgiveness . . .
needed to forgive myself . . .
needed to forgive those who had misled me.
Oh Lord, thank you for the miracle of forgiveness.
Forgiveness does not come easily
. . . when one has been so wounded by others
. . . when one has inflicted deep wounds on herself
. . . when one lives with the awareness that she has
wounded those she dearly loves.
Oh Lord, I thank you for the beautiful gift of forgiveness.
Please help me to continue opening that gift
for as long as I live.


And now, even as forgiveness is being perfected in me,
comes the need to speak out --
to share my pain, my healing, my hope.
Lord, help me to use this new voice for your purposes
to reach those who feel alienated . . .
to comfort and nurture those in desolation . . .
to speak for Life
and against choices that go against Your will . . .
to dispel myths and misconceptions . . . 
to raise awareness of Your truth, Your mercy,
and Your incomprehensible Love . . .
to shout good news from the mountain tops . . .
to sing your praises.


Lord, with your enduring grace and indescribable empowerment --
I will continue to sing my new song . . .
My voice will be heard . . .
I will be silent no more.


Amen

by a post-abortion client