A Season of Sorrow

A Season of Sorrow Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 1/28/2023 ***** Sleepless nights beget me Tears are a constant friend You alone can change my course When will this Season end? Suffering now my companion Grief sustains my heart This is only the beginning Of the painful lonely part How am I […]

Brokenness. Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 01/19/2023 ***** Brokenness is at the door Reeling spinning on the floor Memories crashing over me Jesus Jesus rescue me Waves of memories in my head Screaming crying on my bed Trapped in the trauma of this place Please rescue me from hell’s embrace Visions of […]

Shattered Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 01/17/2023 ***** Shattered waves of pain crashing over me Shattered hopes and dreams crushed beneath my feet Shattered broken leg brings me to my knees Shattered lying helpless, under the Mighty Hand of God Shattered mended bone stayed with a pin and rod Shattered restless heart […]

An Act of Love Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 1/15/2023 ***** Words are never spoken Suffered silent shame Given up for you and me Body crushed with pain His heart of Love was broken Rejected by His friends His mouth was never open Abandoned in the end Purchased for a price He […]

Meet me at the Altar Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 1/12/2023 ***** Meet me at the Altar Let me lift my arms in praise Meet me at the Altar With one voice my heart I raise Meet me at the Altar Let me raise my voice and sing Meet me at the […]

Healing for Brokenness Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 1/10/2023 ***** Who has stayed the Father’s hand? Who can try the Master’s plan? Who has crushed this daughter still? Who can move the Father’s will? Lost, without a battle plan. Dropped the sword out of my hand. Kingdom Voice is trapped within. Who […]

Expecting Good. Expecting God. Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 1/4/2023 ***** Expecting Good. Expecting God. Have you ever had a year that was so bad, so badly Broken, that you stopped listening? So Broken that you stopped asking? So Broken that you could barely make it to the end? You just prayed […]

A New Year Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 12/30/2022 ***** A New Year Psalm 91:13-16 “Relent, O Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad […]

When Darkness Fell Living Broken Again BLOG By Susan Vaughan Shumake 12/28/2022 When Darkness Fell When darkness fell, I fell too. I fell into the darkness, into discouragement, into despair. I lost sight of the light. I lost sight of my hope. I lost sight of the fact of the miracle that the cancer was […]

The Cost of Beauty Living Broken Again BLOG by Susan Vaughan Shumake 12/14/2022 ***** A way with words A way with swords The battle rages within two worlds Bearing the burden Trapped Living Broken There’s nothing spoken to help me win Beneath the ashes There’s only thrashes Glory shines shadowed within your plan Beauty beneath […]