Saved By The Light

I suffered from depression for twelve years. Help came not in medication, alternative remedies, different therapies, or counselling etc. Although all those slow and expensive means were tried, nothing brought relief or cure. One night I asked God to remove the depression as I had tried everything I knew. He did. Overnight. In the morning I was free and all praise goes to the Father. Here is a poem I wrote about it.

It didn't happen all at once.
The darkness within
Increased moment by moment until
The years of oppression
And imprisoned thoughts
Had engulfed my very soul.
My spirit, too, was silenced
And I, unable to make
My longings heard,
Retreated further
Into the gloom which
Was my life.

There had to be a light
There HAD to be.
There's always a light for the darkness
However small.
And in one desperate.
searching moment
I found it!
The connection was so close
It was part of myself.
It was my silent voice
And only One could hear it.

The only One who can hear thoughts
Brought light to my spirit,
Brought light to my soul,
Brought light to my life.
How speedily He came
To change my darkened night time
Into glorious morning.
So bright was His light
I find myself
A decade later
Still shining.


                                            ©Anne Macdonald