Transformation that Changes

Heart trembles a little bit

Deep breath, open eyes

Can I take control of it?

"No more lies!" my heart cries as it dies.

Time to rise again from the ashes

Not of myself but of something new

Though this old heart clashes

The new one rings true

It over comes- more powerful than the old

No longer timid and weak 

Instead powerful and bold

But also humble and meek

For it is no longer myself I seek

But something different than before

Lustful passions can be overcome

No longer am I undone

But I am won with a loving victorious cry

"YOU ARE MINE!"

So I will be Thine

I will entwine

my everyday life with the mandates

of Your commands

Forgive me that the desires of my old self

slither back and posion my heart

But I let it

though I regret it

But again You call me back to you

"My child, my child, don't play this game.

You are Mine, My Own, My Beloved."

You say it with love and no condemnation

Though I deserve devastation and damnation

You took my death sentence  

and You gave me life I could never even dream of

my life of hideous solitude

became community and unity by a multitude

I was the walking dead

But now I am a flying phoneix

Burning with passion for my Savior and Redeemer

You loved me

An enemy who hated you with sterile apathy

You transformed me into a compassionate symphony

It rings over and over in my head

No longer am I dead!

I am enslaved no more

I am prone to forget

Finite, fickle head

So clean my heart of its venomous lead

Fill it with the love that moves mountains

Joy that overflows fountains

Peace that circulates pure rivers

Patience that waits with care

Kindess that I can share

Goodness that only comes from you

Faithfulness in all that I do

Gentleness in all I hope to be

Self-control that disciplines me 

I was never these things on my own

I am Yours

And You are my home