Not Forgotten

Invisible again

Forgotten, ignored

Silence overwhelms in the noise

And then

And then

Just a whisper, your voice

Piercing this din

Reminding me

Reminding me-

Not forgotten

Not abandoned

Set apart for your design

I remember

You never forget

A promise

I used to joke about being the invisible woman.  Trouble was it wasn't really a joke.  I often felt invisible.  I tend to be introspective, introverted and quite happy alone.  But when I was hurting every fiber of me screamed to be noticed, to be heard, and I felt even MORE invisible.  Eventually I found myself again, began to find my place, to embrace who I am, and to see that I can reach people others can't because I am unassuming.  There are days though this cloak of invisibility is a burden, when loneliness overwhelms.

This is how I was feeling on Sunday morning.  And it hurt.   

I sat down & found my pen & notebook & scratched out the first two lines, letting self pity hold sway.   The music began, and I stood to sing, to lose myself.   It was a struggle at first.  And then the music team began to play Downhere's song "Holy".  I am fond of this whole album (The Altar of Love) and had been thinking I needed to put it back in my car.  As we sang the lonely prophets of the Old Testament came to mind & then reminders of the great promises I have been given, and the ones I have seen come to pass.  The loneliness left me, I no longer felt forgotten & invisible.  The music ended, and again I found my notebook & pen.  

Perhaps this makes little sense.  Perhaps you have never felt this way.  And perhaps you need to remember He does hear, He does answer, and He does keep His promises.

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