She Just Knows!

Last week I received an awesome message on Facebook from one of our graduates in the United Kingdom. She was thanking me for the vision of Mercy and sharing about how her life had been so transformed. I actually got to say hello to her last May when I was there for the Cherish Conference in Bradford, England. It was so cool to see Erin, and it was even better to hear from her last week. Erin actually shared with me a poem that she wrote shortly after she graduated from Mercy. I think it is so powerful that I asked her permission to share it with you. I just received her response back today, and I wanted to share that with you before I share her amazing poem.

Hey Nancy,

I just checked your blog out tonight, awesome!!!! You can totally use
my poem but I can’t take any of the credit. Two years ago I could barely
string two words together.I was so bound by fear that I literally was
afraid to speak.God has taken me on an amazing journey with this and
these days, you cant get me to shut up !!! Expressing myself through
poetry is new to me and I just feel so privileged that God has given me
this gift. Hopefully catch you in Bradford in the summer.

Erin xxx

SHE JUST KNOWS ......

that quiet smile

spreads across her face

edges softened

more often a trace

of pleasantries in her soul

there doesn't seem to be that

regular whirring

continually stirring up unrest

fading into the last

few hours of letting go

and by-gones be

identity written and published

copyrighted into the fabric of history

all those strings of insecurities

have slipped from their post

and sailed off the coast

into the rosy sky

never more to be seen

now she can more comfortably lean

into the Arms around her

every second that goes by

she's changing and finding

herself more beautiful

more like the One she loves

more like the One that loves her

and there's no false modsty there

and there's no striving

it's just a deeper diving

into truth

belonging

surrounding

her

the peace that massages her heart

tells her that she will never be forgotten

or trodden down again

and He would do anything for her

He can't tear Himself away from her

picking up her every day

and making a melody

out of those tragedies

that seem so small now

she’s gaining ground

and as she dreams

of gentle waves

tickling her toes

she just knows

who she is.

She is His.

For those of you who are in the middle of a struggle and perhaps still dealing with a life-controlling issue, I hope that Erin’s story will encourage you that there is still hope, and that freedom is attainable. Feel free to contact us if you are one of those people so that we can pray for you and also send you a book related to your particular issue free of charge.