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By Judith Gayle Smith-Owens Vitouswykegardinerclark
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
a masterful facade
of piousness,
drew people to me in wonder
and awe over my
incredible faith.
I trusted my innermost heart
to fully lead me into
righteousness.
Folly indeed!
I once awoke with a paeon
of praise to YHWH.
When awakening praises burned sour,
as I questioned my faith in God,
how to save face?
The charade begins.
Freshly opened and jaded eyes
saw sins in church leadership,
doubts soured me.
The armor of God too heavy to lift,
the wiles of a devil so subtle,
his knowing grin
mocked me from my prideful pedestal.
My paeon of praise became
a sodden litany of grief.
Read between the lines.
the woeful bleating
of a tortured heart:
Our GOD is King - with praise exalt HIM!
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How, where and when?
WHO do I follow?
In grief? in despair?
are my praises hollow?
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With joyous shouts and grateful sighs.
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So hard sometimes
unceasing prayer.
I can sigh, can shout,
does HE really care?
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With temptings sore we dare not fault HIM -
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So easy to yield -
temptings are Satan's dare!
Satan wants me - a sinner.
I must beware.
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HE's not excuse for merchandise.
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Yeah, sure. Just ask
the greedy storekeepers.
Always selling HIS Name -
dirty money reapers.
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A tearless eye and hardened heart
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I am just too darn proud
to be humble.
At other times I simply
whine, sniff, grumble.
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are cause for drawing far from grace.
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Attend church
with those hypocrites?
Pretenders to grace -
I won't fit where they sit.
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With prideful stance we draw apart
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Do I thank GOD because
I'm not like THAT sinner?
I don't think GOD looks at me
and sees a soul winner.
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and, thankless, do not seek HIS face.
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What? HE expects me
to love my enemy?
I cannot help it!
It's good that he's afraid of me!
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HE reigns! How can we fail to see
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I must close my eyes
lest to me HE shows
that my carnal nature
caused me to sink this low.
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HIS mighty hand at work today?
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Oh dear Lord, let me be.
I am "saved" and have my rights!
Oh dear Lord, you're blinding me!
I cannot bear seeing Your holy light.
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HE deigns to pity such as we
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Odd. If I have been "saved" -
why should HE ever pity me?
From the punishment for sin -
haven't I been truly set free?
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Who blindly seek to go our way.
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I have Christ! I am SAVED!
Why do YOU still bother me?
Sure - I still wilfully sin,
but I'm answerable only to me.
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Unheeding, blinded by our sin
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Is this truly why Christ came?
That I may sin again and again?
Oh, lay off convicting, Holy Spirit -
don't come back 'til I tell you when!
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to HIS sweet Spirit Who strives within.
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What's that? "The "sin unto death"?
By defying HIS Holy Spirit, did I
turn a deaf ear to HIS pleas
to be holy as HE is, and cry
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"But I am saved! I need not fear!
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"Fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge"?
Lord, I cannot stop sinning -
I'm teetering now on the edge.
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HIS love for me does keep me jolly!
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"Our sins have hid HIS Face
from us that HE will not hear us".
What a foolish person I've been -
I am merely corruptible dust.
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My every prayer I'm sure HE'll hear!"
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Sometimes I wonder
why HE pays me heed -
when I eagerly call to HIM
just to supply my greed.
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While I
still choose
to follow folly?
"Time heals all wounds"
time wounds all heels.
Wounded by my wicked heart
not fully yielded to God.
It's so easy to play at being Godly.
Knowing the right words,
phrases, mannerisms.
Satan knows the Bible.
He twists my heart into knots
I'll never unravel without the Christ.
Repentance doesn't allow
for self aggrandizement.
Self esteem raises itself
above humility to God!
I desperately need to see me
as our holy precious Lord does.
Not pretty.
Jingling my bells on street corners,
seeking praise from men for my
unholy self-righteousness.
Through Christ I refuse to follow
Satan's unholy temptings.
I choose not to follow folly.
The charade ends
NOW!
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Very well done.
tHANKS FOR SHARING THIS MOVING PIECE.
SORRY, CAP BUTTON STICKS SOMETIMES.I AM NOT SHOUTING!
GOD BLESS
Very thought provoking. Oh the self seeking crimes our own psyche perpetrates against us.