Wretched Sin Sanctification
Of
the many things on earth He
is constantly with me
Of
which my life is comprised This
God that I have denied
It is the sin within my soul He has not left me for a moment
That I most despise He remains at my
side
It has shaken the foundations, For He cannot be shaken
The
essence of my being because He is Creator and King
And
twisted my heart He
is restoring things to order
Into an unrecognizable thing He still sees me as
me
It
pinned me to the ground He
is rescuing me from my folly
And
shoved my face in the dirt and
dusting off the dirt
It
has stolen from me blessings He
remains faithful to his promise
And
has magnified my hurt His
forgiveness He continues to assert
The thoughts that were once
captivated He addresses
my entirety
By God’s glorious name and understands the fullness
of my pain
Has
given in to the lesser, He
remains ever-present
Its given in to my shame as He conquers my shame
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| Gauguin 'Self Potrait' |
These two poems are meant to be read at the same time. Each line from Wretched Sin coincides directly to the corresponding line in Sanctification, both poems having an ABCB rhyme scheme. If you have two eyes, have your left eye read Wretched Sin while your right eye reads Sanctification. If you can successfully do that, you have the gift of cross-eyedness (more of a handicap if anything, except when reading these two poems).
What I like about these two poems, is that they both represent what is true of me. On one hand, I am a sinner, but on the other hand I am sanctified by God's grace because of Christ's death on the cross. My sin is no longer the defining characteristic of my person-hood. My debt is paid and my shame is gone. My confidence can now be found no longer by what is within me, but by what has been given to me.
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