Earth has no Sorrow that Heaven can’t heal…

Sometimes you discover a book or a poem or something which blesses you, and you want to share what you have found with others. Today's blog is on that theme. Throughout 2025 I have been particularly taken by the music of Matt Maher, and a couple of weeks ago I splashed out and downloaded an album of his. All of the songs are great, but this one - Come As You Are - is quite possibly my favourite. The lyrics are below, and a link to a Youtube version at the very bottom. In Spanish they say ‘no hay mal que no dure’, which roughly translates to ‘there’s no wound that does not heal’, or as we say in English, ‘nothing bad lasts forever.’ 

But I like the way Matt Maher has written it:
Earth has no Sorrow that Heaven can’t heal.

Come out of sadness
From wherever you've been
Come broken hearted
Let rescue begin
Come find your mercy
Oh sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are

There's hope for the hopeless
And all those who've strayed
Come sit at the table
Come taste the grace
There's rest for the weary
Rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't cure

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Fall in his arms
Come as you are

There's joy for the morning
Oh sinner be still
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Come as you are

You can listen to “Come As You Are” here:

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, 

because her hour is come: 

but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, 

for joy that a man is born into the world. 

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, 

and your heart shall rejoice, 

and your joy no man taketh from you.

God ever bless you.