A SILHOUETTE OF SUFFERING


Written Words of LIFE

Psalm 119:92-93
“If your law had not been my delight,
  I would have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget your precepts,
  for by them you have preserved my life.”

In the depths of the Waters that flow
Heaven’s Angels dance at Your Throne
Love flows like a River Grand
Pouring Healing through Your Hands

God of Glory let this Be
Use me Lord for Ministry
Open my eyes to see the Truth
Give your Word as LIving proof

Give discerning gifts of Gold
To bring Your Children to Your Word
Visions with my eyes to See
Healing the Broken ones like me.

Written Words of Life and Breath
Bring forth Healing out of Death
Breaking Chains of Hell’s stronghold
Lavished Love the Truth be told

Child of God on Heaven’s earth
Given Gifts to show our Worth
Rescued from the grips of Sin
Cleansed and Sanctified within

Recovering Beauty

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Let me again, begin again, at this New Beginning of Brokenness, of suddenly being isolated and alone, Living Broken Again. in a place of Physical pain, learning to stand again, learning to step again, learning to walk again, learning to begin again.

Beginning Again. Living Broken Again.

Suddenly stopped. Suddenly immobilized. Suddenly broken.

Broken Bones. Broken Bodies. Broken Dreams. Broken Hearts. We break. With whatever becomes Broken, there are waves of repercussions. There are waves of redirections. There are waves of reconstructions. There are waves of reverberations. Brokenness begets Brokenness.

Waves rippling across the calm we knew, Waves of crisis crashing a new.

Once again, I am in that place of Living Broken Again. I am the Broken One. It’s what I do. My heart breaks for the Broken. I teach The Broken. I Minister Healing to the Broken. I teach Healing Brokenness and Recovering Beauty.

This is my Testimony. This is my Life, from Brokenness to Beautiful, over, and over, again. So why should I be so surprised to be Living Broken Again? Do I think I could possibly know enough about Brokenness? Learned enough about Brokenness? Or be beyond Brokenness completely? There is always more Beauty to recover.

There is always more to Break and more to Heal. There is always more to See, more to Reveal.

It’s not about the Brokenness. It’s about the Beauty.

It’s about Healing.

It’s about Recovering Beauty.

Join me for the Journey,

Sincerely,

Susan

A SILHOUETTE OF SUFFERING

Hello my Friend,

My name is SUSAN VAUGHAN SHUMAKE. I hope to call you Friend, at the end of this Healing Journey. Jesus calls us ‘Friend’. So I bring this Message to you, as only a friend can, as only a Survivor can, as only a Sister Warrior in the Body of Christ can. I am not coming to you with Eloquence of Speech, or a Mastery of Degrees, or a List of Accomplishments by my name, but in Spirit, and in Truth, with the Word of God, and with the Word of my Testimony. I have been busy “Living Broken”, which bears Testimony to this Teaching.

When we are in a Battle, we count the days, because we wake up, and we must fight for LIFE. Every day we must fight. Every day we must choose to rise up, and to defeat our Enemy. The Battle against Abuse. The Battle against Cancer. The Battle against Coronavirus. The Battle against a Traumatic Brain Injury, or a Debilitating Disease. The Battle against a Broken Femur. The Battle against BROKENNESS.

I cry even as I write this because I have lived The Battle. I have breathed The Battle. I have bathed my days in tears, because of The Battle. I have lived The Broken. But GOD…He whispers at this moment, ” I was Broken to be Healed…I was BROKEN TO BE HEALED.”

I share my story “From BROKENNESS To BEAUTIFUL,” because I have lived The Broken. I have Believed the Brokenness. I have lived Bound by Bitterness. Now, I am a Testimony of the Truth! I write this to every Believer, and to every Unbelieving Believer alike, who is LIVING BROKEN, because I have been in this Broken place.

How do we as a Believer, in the Broken Body of Christ, BELIEVE the BEAUTIFUL? How do we Believe the precious promises of God, in the Word of God, living with a BROKEN HEART? How do we RECOVER BEAUTY when we are constantly Battling Brokenness?

It is hard to be in a place of BROKENNESS, Emotionally, Physically, or Spiritually, as a BELIEVER in the Body of Christ. To live Broken is to live Ashamed. To live Broken is to live in Pain. To live Broken is to live in Fear. To live Broken is to live in Grief, with no relief. To live Broken as a Believer, is to live a Life with no LIFE; to live in Defeat, and as a Victim, rather than in the Victory we have in Christ. To live Broken as a Believer, is to Believe we are not enough, so we hide our Brokenness from the world around us. Even as Ministers of the Gospel. Even as Shepherds of the Sheep. Even as Faithful followers of Christ.

To My Beautiful Believer Living Broken,

Look beyond the chaos that surrounds you
Look beyond the Bondage of Disease
Look beyond the helplessness you’re feeling
Look inside your heart on bended knees

Listen for the whisper of My Calling
I AM closer than you have believed
Breathing Life into the Brokenhearted
Giving Life to set the captive Free

I see your heart and where you feel abandoned
Abused by the one you thought you loved
Shattered by the shaking you have suffered
Believing this is something from above

You have been Chosen not rejected
I gave my LIFE so you could have it ALL
The thorns I wore, the blood I shed, brought mercy
Defeating Death and Conquering The Fall.

Jesus


Look at your HEART


Look at your Heart

What do you see?

Do you feel trapped?

Do you long to be free?

If you answered Yes

Then here’s what to do

Trust in the Lord Jesus

He’s calling for you


He’ll fill in the void

That you’re feeling within

He’ll answer your prayers

And cleanse you from sin

He’ll show you He’s real

When you ask from your heart

He’ll change your whole life

Giving you a new start


So if life seems as though

It’s not worth the pain

Then there’s nothing to lose

But only to gain

Try talking to God

It’s the right thing to do

And you’ll find new Life

It’s waiting for you