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POEM: CIRCUMCISION OF THE
SOUL 1/10/07
What’s quite hidden beneath
the layers,
Comes to the surface from
loving prayers.
When God’s Spirit comes to
wash her soul
His intent is to make her
whole.
Like sudden birth pangs a
vice grips down
Applying pressure to old
wounds found.
What was imbedded in needs
and wants
Emotions arise that are
bulging taunt.
The surgeon doctor from the
start
Pricks the foreskin of her
heart
Bitter poison erupts like a
boil
From what was past, from what
was soiled.
How dare He wound me when I
trust Him!
Clouded with tears, my vision
grows dim.
Pain, rejection, abandonment.
Betrayal, anger,
disillusionment.
Hopeless despair, so why do I
care?
Life is bitter, I wish I
weren’t here.
She listens to all this
silent talk
Screaming inside from whence
she walks.
Who is this person that lives
inside?
Certainly it’s not His
faithful bride.
Repentance pours forth like a
flood.
The wound washes clean from
His blood.
She gives Him the pain, calls
out for comfort,
Submits to Him all that’s
fallen short.
She feels numb as the pain
dissipates,
Shock and tears spent as she
stares in space.
Not one blame or a word does
He speak
Against all the pain from the
soul that leaked.
With compassion He’s prayed
her through.
Deep in surgery, He suffered
too.
He brings healing on the
other side
Giving understanding to His
bride.
As the veil is lifted from
her soul
She sees the light and is
made whole.
Silent bands once compressed
her breath
Her heart expands after
facing death.
The hardened cracked shell
was broken
From what was numb now can
feel again
The heart of stone is now
tender
Soft and pliable, it’s a
wonder.
Gracious compassion, a kind
heart beats.
Gentle tears for who’s faced
defeat.
They too must face their own
surgery
She’ll be there,
understanding the purge.
When they recover, they’ll
have one heart.
God’s gentle Spirit yields a
brand new start.
... Until I was broken, I
could not be open....
"Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and
be stiff-necked no longer.” (Deuteronomy 10:16 NKJ)
Ezek 36:25-28 NKJV
Then I will sprinkle clean
water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you
from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will
give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I
will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give
you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you
and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep
My judgments and do them.
Ezek 11:19-20 NKJV
Then I will give them one
heart , and I will put a new spirit within them, and
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a
heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and
keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My
people, and I will be their God. |
