. . . looking back at the "old man", https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A17&version=KJV
Alienation,
we already parted ways,
when Jesus walked that station
of the Cross. Now it seems that I
am at once united
with many of the same mind.
Pray to God we keep from being strangers,
Jesus did so much to try.
Some preachers ache at empty pews,
cause the full ones seem so few,
not because the numbers lack,
but hearts don't meet--lack long eye contact.
Maybe most partake of the Food
where you are? Good!
Keep revival close to the vest,
cling to one another, confess.
Alienation,
between us chasm, spark
when Jesus walked that station
of the Cross, we were left short,
but only for a brief while
till Spirit's promise came,
singing "Swing low, sweet chariot"
until saints go march and sway.
When a preacher looks upon pews,
he should first see eyes, two-by-two,
who've entered the ark of Jesus
by the Blood and words of truth.
Faith is not hewn thing,
it has flesh, so palpably
shapens with the heart of peace
and the mind that Jesus brings.
Ten Commandments, etched in stone,
meet your Author's enabled souls.
Alienation, dead in the water,
don't try to attract, you needn't bother.*
_________
* https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%206:3-5&version=KJ21
Alienation,
we already parted ways,
when Jesus walked that station
of the Cross. Now it seems that I
am at once united
with many of the same mind.
Pray to God we keep from being strangers,
Jesus did so much to try.
Some preachers ache at empty pews,
cause the full ones seem so few,
not because the numbers lack,
but hearts don't meet--lack long eye contact.
Maybe most partake of the Food
where you are? Good!
Keep revival close to the vest,
cling to one another, confess.
Alienation,
between us chasm, spark
when Jesus walked that station
of the Cross, we were left short,
but only for a brief while
till Spirit's promise came,
singing "Swing low, sweet chariot"
until saints go march and sway.
When a preacher looks upon pews,
he should first see eyes, two-by-two,
who've entered the ark of Jesus
by the Blood and words of truth.
Faith is not hewn thing,
it has flesh, so palpably
shapens with the heart of peace
and the mind that Jesus brings.
Ten Commandments, etched in stone,
meet your Author's enabled souls.
Alienation, dead in the water,
don't try to attract, you needn't bother.*
_________
* https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%206:3-5&version=KJ21
