The Secret Place

(I wrote this on 11/18/96)

There is a room that I locked up tight so many years ago
It's a place that's in my heart. It's a place I do not show.
The pain that is inside is much to hard to bare
so I keep that door locked tight and I did not go there
When I was a child that room was built, the walls are very strong
They've stored the pain for many years, yes, it's been very long
It's a secret place where I don't go
So, I'd forgotten it was there
I didn't want anyone to know
I didn't think they'd care
One day while I was in church a preacher sang a song
A song about the secret place that I have had so long
and Jesus came and held my hand and said, We must begin"
"I will sweep away the pain if you will let me in"
So I agreed and He began to open up that door
I felt my heart start breaking like it had never broke before
The pain rushed out and was so intense it brought me to my knees
As a flood of tears ran down my cheek I felt a gentle breeze
That breeze then knocked that room down and swept it clean away
Now in it's place sits Jesus who fills it everyday