touch my thick scar tissue

Oh Father God, oh heavenly Father,
I feel Your calling, Your wooing,
the cries of the Spirit to me…
I am crushed, I am broken,
yet I have let down the stones
the weights I have carried,
I breathe confession,
I pray repentance,
I don’t want these burdens
these chains anymore…
 
Touch my thick scar tissue,
Your hands drenched in Christ’s blood,
Do not stop the work You have started,
I feel Your hands; I need Your love…
Forgive me for running, listening to Satan,
believing His lies You were far off
that You did not protect me in my pain,
in my journey, my struggles,
that You left me alone
because I was not worthy of love…
 
Oh Father, oh heavenly Potter,
Gather up my pieces, my shards,
With their hard, jagged edges,
Touch my thick scar tissue,
My pain, my ancient secrets,
I open them all to Your touch…
Mold me, heal me, shape me
Make my clay supple again to You…
Push the imperfections from my body,
grit, bubbles, chips hidden within…
 
Touch my thick scar tissue,
Oh Lord, oh Spirit, I call to You…
I may be broken, I may be hurting,
but I trust in Your endless love…
Come now, oh Potter, touch me,
Continue the work You have started in me…
Give me power, voice for Your children,
Help me share the joy growing within me
as I feel Your touch, Your hands releasing,
softening my scar tissue that I may live…
 
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July 30, 2025
Touch my thick scar tissue
 
Based on #Jeremiah18:3-6
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
July 29, 2025
Expose what is broken
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/expose-what-is-broken.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
July 29, 2025
My assault does not define me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-assault-does-not-define-me.html
about the sexual assault against me in the Summer of 1973 in Westfield, MA
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Facing Christ, Ready to Change”
July 29, 2025
Our jobs do not define us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/our-jobs-do-not-define-us.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Facing Christ, Ready to Change”
Edited July 29, 2025
Holding on to Bittersweet – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/holding-on-to-bittersweet-v3.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”, page 57 in book
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting
 
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