The Gift of Godly Grief

 **"The Gift of Godly Grief"**  

*A Lament Turned to Alleluia*  

Not the whip of consequence  

that makes my eyes burn hot—  

but seeing where my dagger twisted  

in the palm where I was bought.  

*(2 Corinthians 7:10 / Acts 2:37)*  

This ache—it splits me open  

like plowshare tears the clay:  

not for harvests I have forfeited,  

but for the Vine I grieved today.  

*(Psalm 51:4 / John 15:5)*  

No courtroom terror shakes me  

(though the Law still speaks my crime)—  

but finding all my righteous rags  

still reek of blood and lime.  

*(Isaiah 64:6 / Romans 7:18)*  

Then Mercy lifts my chin:  

*"This pain is holy ground—  

the wound that weeps My 'nevertheless'  

where your 'never enough' is drowned."*  

*(Luke 22:61-62 / Romans 5:20)*  

Now let the thorns You carried  

pierce every calloused part,  

till my tears become the baptisms  

of a resurrected heart.  

*(Zechariah 12:10 / James 4:8-10)*  

**Scripture Anchors:**  

- **Godly vs. Worldly Sorrow** (2 Cor. 7:10-11)  

- **Peter's Repentance** (Luke 22:62)  

- **Prodigal's Awakening** (Luke 15:17-18)  

- **David's Brokenness** (Psalm 51:17)  

- **Zacchaeus' Restitution** (Luke 19:8)