Reveal the Source!

"Wasted Time"

Say it to my face
Look me in the eyes
And say what you have to say
You know we can't erase these words before goodbye
And turn the final page

Ahh here comes alone again

Everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments hopeless
Innocence jaded
Everything's wasted time again

And so we leave this stage
And all our best read lines
And all the acts we played
So say you wanna leave
And say we never held the way we always hoped we'd try

And say hello to alone again

'Cause, everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments hopeless
Innocence jaded
Everything's wasted time again

Ahh someday we might find
Some sacred place in time
But until then all we'll share
Are dreams we've left behind

'Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again

Ahh, yeah!

Everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments hopeless
Innocence jaded
Everything's wasted time again
Everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments hopeless
Innocence jaded
Everything's wasted time again

Everything is broken
Everything is wasted time
Everything is broken
Everything is wasted time

I heard this song for the first time this morning.  I had to look up the lyrics because the chorus caught my attention.  Ouch.  I can definitely relate.  I believe that many if not most of us can relate to the song writer's feelings portrayed in this lyric. 
Having more than once been broken, hearing this song and reading the lyrics - my heart is touched.  So much emotion was poured out by Fuel in performing this particular song.  I'm not familiar with Fuel and don't know anything about their other work, but this song definitely captured my attention as I was getting ready for work this morning.
It got me thinking about all the broken people in the world, still fragmented from shattered dreams, broken relationships, lost hopes.  I cannot help but feel that those of us who have passed through healing owe it to our Healer to extend the gift given to us and point the way to Him.  Share!  Don't be stingy with so great a gift but reveal the source!  Encourage the broken to take that step and allow Him to heal them! 
No sugar-coating, though.  It isn't easy.  In fact, it is painful, often scary.  But He often brings us back to a painful situation in our lives to reveal to us that He was there when it occurred, and He is tender, compassionate, merciful, caring and willing to lovingly heal the affects it had on us.  He walks us through the healing process as well, never leaving or forsaking us, as promised!  He can be trusted with your most fragmented pieces - you know the ones, those on which you keep cutting yourself. 
Someone very precious to me is right there, right now.  She is trying to take that step to allow Him to heal her.  I've watched her cry, and boil over with anger, resent, and then crumble in fear.  Typical responses.  This morning, she girds herself up to keep an appointment at noon (changed from 9:00 at the last minute) with mixed emotions.  She knows my story.  She's seen how God has helped me, healed me.  She wants that for herself.  It's painful.  It's scary.  And reliving that pain makes her recoil in anger and spew resentment.  But she's taking that first step.  I wish I could be with her.  But Someone much more capable than I am is with her and that's far better!  Someday, when she's healed, what a story she will have to share!