I now call my scars

    a blessing                 from afar

when       i received them

     I thought the pain          would never end

but with age

with the years gone by 

I now see that every tear i cried

brought to me a love I'd long denied

For You                  dearest God

                  love those

                                  who are broken 

                                                        inside

So now, though I never thought I'd say this -

 thank you for my Judas' kiss

For the betrayal of a friend, 

for pain for wounds, and hurt i thought would never end  -

For what brought me to my knees, 

crying out for the love that never fails me,

for the stedfast love of my Father above, 

poured out on me here below,

for Your love, my God, will not let me go!