This is the most poignant beautiful prose--poetry--hymn of the heart I have ever read! So many of us are losing children to the world! I have been in the depts of grief over one child who has absolutely cut our entire family off--from grandchildren and cousins who we love with all our heart. None of us has heard anything from them for the last two years as we've agonized--how did this happen, what did we do wrong? With no contact it is as though they are dead! From your Hymn, I relate so completely to this honest poignant line from your hymn "I ask myself, was that it? Was that the moment I failed her?" And so my husband and I ask, was it this thing? Or that time, or another moment we can't even remember? We have the promise and have felt the peace from prayer that all will be right one day and pray that she will come to herself and "forgive!" We love the Lord with all our heart and thank Him for His amazing atonement daily, when again and again the waves of grief come.Thank you for this lovely reminder of His promise and grace! May He bless you for sharing your wonderful talent! You have a gift and I want to hear more from you!!!!!
JuliannAugust 21, 2023
Parenting, the only real way to know God. Thank you to all the commentators for your honesty. Thank you to the author who voiced our regrets, our repentance and our restitution. Thank you Jesus for saving us from ourselves. Thank you for the healing you have brought to my kids. And thank you for making me a much better grandparent .
Mark W MinerAugust 20, 2023
So powerful! More poetry than prose, a soul-song that captures so well my own inadequacies, which are more than matched by our Savior's redeeming grace and love. Truly with Him, all is well!
Sally SmithAugust 20, 2023
After I felt that regret for so long and I repented and apologized, I finally said I have done all I can do it is now up to them.
CarolynnAugust 20, 2023
Oh my goodness! This was raw and moving and vulnerable and poetic. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!
Ellie GoodareAugust 20, 2023
I just read this to my family, and I could barely read the words for the power of them. Kimberley, thank you for bringing such sacred feelings to the surface. What a gift you have.
Jane NelsonAugust 20, 2023
I keep coming back to this poem that reaches the deepest places in my heart and offers healing. Thank you so much for articulating what so many of us are feeling and for sharing it with us. What a beautiful talent you have.
Pam BlairAugust 19, 2023
This was about ME. That is until I got to the last verse about the Savior and forgiveness for my long-held shame at the myriad mistakes that caused damage to my children. - damage that has lingered into their adult lives. Until now - over 70 years later - am I able to realize that the atonement covers EVEN THIS!
PaulineAugust 19, 2023
Amazing grace! How can God patiently work with all of us? It’s incomprehensible. Only He knows the personal investment He has
in each of us. We only need to listen to the Spirit fir we are saved by grace after all we can do. So well spoken sister!!!!!
JulieAugust 19, 2023
I can’t remember if it was Alma the Younger or Paul that made me realize this—the joy of the atonement is not just that we can be forgiven ourselves, but that all the damage we did and the hurt we caused can be healed through that same power, by that same person. What relief!
KayeAugust 18, 2023
SO BEAUTIFUL!!! WOW!!! The despair, the regret, the poignant sadness of our failures all covered by the hope, the redemption, and the love of our Savior. As a Mother, I really LOVED this hymn!! Thank you for sharing!❤️
GJJAugust 18, 2023
Tears are flowing as I read this. How many times I have beat myself up for not being the Mother I wanted to be? I am now almost 87 years old and finally allowing myself to be Forgiven and accepting the Mercy he offers.
Thank you for this beautiful offering
SharonAugust 18, 2023
My tears are making it so hard to read! Yes! All of this! Yes! Thank you so much for helping me to see “ the Hand reaching out.” Thank you!
Gloria JohnsonAugust 18, 2023
Oh my did you ever hit the nail on the head. Thank you for this penetrating and poignant piece. Tears of regret, tears of joy, tears of gratitude. You said it all.
CathyAugust 18, 2023
Thank you
Bill WrigleyAugust 18, 2023
Brilliant. We need more from this woman!
HelenCAugust 18, 2023
Perfect! Thank you.
Kerry FarrAugust 18, 2023
My feelings put into words. Beautiful, true, poetic words.
Thank you❤️
BarbaraAugust 18, 2023
Thank you. Thank you. How often we forget the greatness of that atonement for all of our inadequacies. So beautifully expressed.
Steve DoneganAugust 18, 2023
What a powerful message. I sit here in tears knowing I am no longer alone in the hurt I caused my children. You’ve moved my heart. I thank you…
Anna FeatherstoneAugust 18, 2023
Thank you, you have touched my truth. I have tears....
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Bonnie HoltAugust 29, 2023
This is the most poignant beautiful prose--poetry--hymn of the heart I have ever read! So many of us are losing children to the world! I have been in the depts of grief over one child who has absolutely cut our entire family off--from grandchildren and cousins who we love with all our heart. None of us has heard anything from them for the last two years as we've agonized--how did this happen, what did we do wrong? With no contact it is as though they are dead! From your Hymn, I relate so completely to this honest poignant line from your hymn "I ask myself, was that it? Was that the moment I failed her?" And so my husband and I ask, was it this thing? Or that time, or another moment we can't even remember? We have the promise and have felt the peace from prayer that all will be right one day and pray that she will come to herself and "forgive!" We love the Lord with all our heart and thank Him for His amazing atonement daily, when again and again the waves of grief come.Thank you for this lovely reminder of His promise and grace! May He bless you for sharing your wonderful talent! You have a gift and I want to hear more from you!!!!!
JuliannAugust 21, 2023
Parenting, the only real way to know God. Thank you to all the commentators for your honesty. Thank you to the author who voiced our regrets, our repentance and our restitution. Thank you Jesus for saving us from ourselves. Thank you for the healing you have brought to my kids. And thank you for making me a much better grandparent .
Mark W MinerAugust 20, 2023
So powerful! More poetry than prose, a soul-song that captures so well my own inadequacies, which are more than matched by our Savior's redeeming grace and love. Truly with Him, all is well!
Sally SmithAugust 20, 2023
After I felt that regret for so long and I repented and apologized, I finally said I have done all I can do it is now up to them.
CarolynnAugust 20, 2023
Oh my goodness! This was raw and moving and vulnerable and poetic. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!
Ellie GoodareAugust 20, 2023
I just read this to my family, and I could barely read the words for the power of them. Kimberley, thank you for bringing such sacred feelings to the surface. What a gift you have.
Jane NelsonAugust 20, 2023
I keep coming back to this poem that reaches the deepest places in my heart and offers healing. Thank you so much for articulating what so many of us are feeling and for sharing it with us. What a beautiful talent you have.
Pam BlairAugust 19, 2023
This was about ME. That is until I got to the last verse about the Savior and forgiveness for my long-held shame at the myriad mistakes that caused damage to my children. - damage that has lingered into their adult lives. Until now - over 70 years later - am I able to realize that the atonement covers EVEN THIS!
PaulineAugust 19, 2023
Amazing grace! How can God patiently work with all of us? It’s incomprehensible. Only He knows the personal investment He has in each of us. We only need to listen to the Spirit fir we are saved by grace after all we can do. So well spoken sister!!!!!
JulieAugust 19, 2023
I can’t remember if it was Alma the Younger or Paul that made me realize this—the joy of the atonement is not just that we can be forgiven ourselves, but that all the damage we did and the hurt we caused can be healed through that same power, by that same person. What relief!
KayeAugust 18, 2023
SO BEAUTIFUL!!! WOW!!! The despair, the regret, the poignant sadness of our failures all covered by the hope, the redemption, and the love of our Savior. As a Mother, I really LOVED this hymn!! Thank you for sharing!❤️
GJJAugust 18, 2023
Tears are flowing as I read this. How many times I have beat myself up for not being the Mother I wanted to be? I am now almost 87 years old and finally allowing myself to be Forgiven and accepting the Mercy he offers. Thank you for this beautiful offering
SharonAugust 18, 2023
My tears are making it so hard to read! Yes! All of this! Yes! Thank you so much for helping me to see “ the Hand reaching out.” Thank you!
Gloria JohnsonAugust 18, 2023
Oh my did you ever hit the nail on the head. Thank you for this penetrating and poignant piece. Tears of regret, tears of joy, tears of gratitude. You said it all.
CathyAugust 18, 2023
Thank you
Bill WrigleyAugust 18, 2023
Brilliant. We need more from this woman!
HelenCAugust 18, 2023
Perfect! Thank you.
Kerry FarrAugust 18, 2023
My feelings put into words. Beautiful, true, poetic words. Thank you❤️
BarbaraAugust 18, 2023
Thank you. Thank you. How often we forget the greatness of that atonement for all of our inadequacies. So beautifully expressed.
Steve DoneganAugust 18, 2023
What a powerful message. I sit here in tears knowing I am no longer alone in the hurt I caused my children. You’ve moved my heart. I thank you…
Anna FeatherstoneAugust 18, 2023
Thank you, you have touched my truth. I have tears....
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