Let Us Alone

Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath. They were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Let us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down before them, he came out of him without having done him any harm. They were all amazed and kept saying to one another, “What kind of utterance is this? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and out they come!” And a report about him began to reach every place in the region.

Let Us Alone

Our wretched brokenness familiar
The darkness and our whispering
This deep despair so well known
Light seems like a cruel alien beast. 

Accustomed to failure and rejection 
Our walls are high and spiked
The foreboding gross exterior
Hides the danger of a broken heart.

The light of healing has cracked open
All defenses we put up
New life aches to stream in
Yet we tremble with anxious fear.

There is no healing without pain 
No real life without real loss
Letting go and turning we cry
With the freedom of loving release.