I see you crying and feel the pain of your tears,
the sorrow and anguish over so many years.
Such senseless abuse and wanton ill treatment
of someone so young and so innocent!

Oh child of my past and source of my tears
ever with me throughout all of my years.
Bearer of memories so harmful and unkind
buried deep in the recesses of my mind.

What can I do and whatever can I say?
These wounds go so deep and won't go away?
Holding me captive they won't let me go
no matter how hard my sobs and tears flow.

Vivid memories of horror and fear
flood through my mind whenever you appear.
Child of the past ever haunting my soul
please grow up, so that I can be made whole.

Then I heard Jesus say, "We'll work it through,
for I will hold the hand of the child that is in you.
This child of the past is still seeking release
wanting to be loved and yearning for peace."

"For you are My child and you walk with Me
and I am so willing and able to set you free.
Together in prayer we will be able to face
those horrors from the past in loves embrace."

With great sobs and sighs the child in me cried
and the horrors and fears began to subside,
as the child and me became united again
and the nightmares vanished as well as the pain.

The child and me were safe in Jesus’ embrace
while the healing of my soul had taken place.
Tenderly and firmly held in Jesus' arms,
we were protected from damage and harm.

Jesus held close to His heart the child in me,
and His wonderful love had set me free.
For that child that kept haunting me from the past
was healed and fulfilled and knew peace at last.