Broken Lights

Broken Lights Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 11/1/2022 ***** Shining for your Glory Broken along the way Screaming here without a Voice Still nothing there to say Abandoned on the journey I’ve nothing left to give Struggling to stand alone My strength is all to live Left without the courage I’ve nowhere […]

Just Another Day Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumaake 10/14/22 Sorrow upon Sorrow Grief upon Grief When will I be beyond this trial When will I find relief Drifting in Your purpose Cut within this place Screaming in my suffering Broken in Your grace Days of disappointment Number into years Looking to my […]

Racing Time Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 10/10/2022 ***** So many Battles have been fought and Won So many years have now come and gone Still this ‘Ole girl is unable to Run Feel like I’m Racing Time So many others passing me by Gaining the prize before I can fly Losing […]

Daughter of the Dance Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake August 30, 2022 ***** Daughter of the Dance Wings crushed at first chance Body Broken and frail Trapped beneath your nails Daughter of the Dance A year gone at a glance My heart too broken to stand Worship is still what I am […]

Walking the Broken Road Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake July 7, 2022 Walking the Broken Road Enduring a path like Job Calls me to the feet of the Father Being helpless like no other Walking the Broken Road Physically can’t carry the load Locked inside and alone Bearing the weight on my […]

A Father’s Day Melancholy – When Fathers are Missing Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake June 24, 2022 ***** A Father’s Day Melancholy. When fathers are missing, we are missing our fathers. A father. There is a place in our heart they hold like no other. They are our Birthright. They are our […]

The Winds of Change Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake May 31, 2022 ***** The Winds of Change have come upon us Blowing forcefully across the lands Causing us both to lose our bearings Ripping the works out of our hands The pages of a future we had planned on Blown beyond the […]

Bearing the Burden of the Broken Living Broken Again BLOG by Susan Vaughan Shumake May 19, 2022 ***** Days turn to Weeks, and Weeks turn to Months, and as I bear weight for the first time on my Broken Leg, I realize that all that was there is gone. The strength I had is lost. […]

A Mother’s Heart by Susan Vaughan Shumake May 7, 2022 ***** – A Mother’s Heart – There is something about a Mother’s heart Unending love right from the start Given by God knit in the womb Woven whispers that burst into bloom Melodious harmonies of life can be found With every heartbeat creating new sound […]

The Garden of Affliction Living Broken Again BLOG by Susan Vaughan Shumake May 3, 2022 ***** “Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but […]