FOUR ORPHANS -(Freddie and June with lost siblings)
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CHILDREN OF TRAUMA
Child of trauma
Child of pain
Jesus Christ knows your name
There's healing healing
Living Waters
Released in you
From your Father
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Excerpt from Outside the Gate
-THE JUDGE
"She doesn't look like the girl you are describing." said the judge
"Can you not find a home for this child?"
He looked down at me over his glasses, puzzled.
I stood before him clutching a stuffed animal in my hand.
My dress was several sizes too big
Almost touching the floor
A feral looking child with a mop of curly hair
My glasses were too big form my small face
My dress was stained with blood
Dark stains, now barely visible
Could he see the blood?
I looked up at him with hope.
Did I see kindness in his eyes?
The woman standing beside me raised her voice.
She raised her finger and pointed at me.
"She is incorrigible and unmanageable!"
Those two words had tremendous power.
I felt myself shrinking with guilt and shame.
I lowered my head once again
The judge sighed.
"Alright," he said
"Send her to the school."
He did not see the blood.
He saw the pointing finger
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THE ACCUSER'S FINGER
The accuser's finger is broken
Jesus my Savior has spoken
My hope, my joy, my surety
Freedom is released in me
Jesus, Jesus my companion
Removing fear, replacing anger
Outside of time and circumstances
Never changing as life advances
The accuser's finger is broken
Jesus my Savior has spoken
My hope, my joy, my surety
Freedom is released in me
Sweet is the gift of repentance
Casting down all defenses
The cross, the cross, love's golden key
Opened heaven's gate for me
The accuser's finger is broken
Jesus my Savior has spoken
My hope, my joy, my surety
Freedom is released in me
Healing, healing all my senses
Wrapped in the glory of His presence
No room for fear, no room for rages
The Spirit with His love replaces
The accuser's finger is broken
Jesus my Savior has spoken
My hope, my joy, my surety
Freedom is released in me
The Holy Spirit has filled me up
Overflowing from heaven's cup
Jesus, Jesus, in my ear
Whispers words my soul can hear
The accuser's finger is broken
Jesus my Savior has spoken
My hope, my joy, my surety
Freedom is released in me
/j.smith/2023
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"For the accusers of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down."
"Therefore rejoice O heavens!" (Rev 12: 10 NLT)