On Being Found Bared In the Darkness Alone Under the Grasping Tree

I have no one but You

I am alone and scared

Bared

By my own sin and the sin of others

Exposed in the darkness

Which conceals the enemy

Who could be behind any tree or around the next bend of the road

And I tremble and shake

Unable to move from my huddled place

Underneath a grasping tree

Overshadowing me

I have no one but You

I am alone and scared

Bared

Vulnerable to attack, abuse,

Betrayal, or a stab in the back—

My control has cracked

I’ve lost it

Fallen apart and I can’t move forward

But I’ve learned too much

From You and others

And I can’t turn back—

I can’t move

Icy fear chains my feet to the ground. 

I am alone and scared

Bared

I have no one but You—

You, who never leaves me in the dust

Never turns away from me

Never abandons my bleeding heart

Never hides Your face from me

Never withholds Your grace and truth from me,

You, who always pursues me

Always wraps me in Your arms

Always stays faithful to Your words to me

Always calls me in to commune with You

Always loves me

With a perfect love which casts out fear. 

But the casting out fear takes awhile

I feel alone and scared

Bared

With no one but You—

Thank You for holding me close

While I tremble in the darkness under the grasping tree

Keep speaking tenderly to me

And turning my eyes upward to see

The Life, whose tree never lets me go

Who put my fears to death at Calvary. 

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