Sanctification

Hard Hearts

08/14/2023

Eyes that will not see, Ears that will not hear. “I see what I want to see. And hear what I want to hear.”   It’s all too true of mankind. We’re too often, locked in one’s mind, “I’ve already made up my mind! Faith? Why I’d rather fly blind!”   Are “the open-minded” Even…

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Hard Hearts

09/21/2022

Do you have eyes that will not see? Do you have ears that will not hear? “I will see what I want to see. I will hear what I want to hear.”   It’s all too true of all mankind, Too often locked in one’s mind. “I’ve already made up my mind! Faith? Faith?! Why…

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Refining Fires

09/21/2022

All around us the howling of a windstorm, The cold of a snowstorm, thermals of a firestorm. Not talking weather but trials beyond displeasure. Storms’ outer afflictions and inner contradictions.   Is your furnace oven, white hot with burning heat? Is this Refiner’s fire? “Please, no more,” you entreat. “I can’t take any more! To…

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“Apparent” Weakness

09/08/2021

Apparent, felt strength, but more a weightless soul. Power, “Confidence mine!” Hollow sounding tolls. “I don’t need anyone.” Plaintive loneliness strolls. “Don’t tell me what to do.” Haunting emptiness holes.   Apparent, felt weakness, but one weighty in soul. In hushed humility, the power of God tolls. To overcome one’s self, the path to be…

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Blackness

08/18/2021

I cannot see a thing. I hate the darkness now! I do not understand! To live in darkness? How? I hear voices around, rich songs of joy and glee. But I just sing a dirge. The lyrics? “Woe is me.”   The days, though dark, warm up. I hear complaints of heat, The buzzing of…

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Deepest Recesses

08/18/2021

It’s not “answers” that I want. There’s something deeper that pants. To love and see You on high, Before whom all questions die.  

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