Talked with his doctor one day
(Self-hurting was under way)…
Facing fears
And hidden tiers
Is better than running away!
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God’s Holy Spirit heals,
For the same reveals…
If we resist
Rebellion-kissed,
Deception of our soul conceals.
–
Who doesn’t want to get well?
Can one always tell?
Couldn’t we
Easily be
Healed by a potion or pill?
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–Jonathan Caswell
DIABETES REGRETS AND GREEDIE
–
Too late he noticed them leaving,
In time he was visibly grieving…
These didn’t stay
They just went away,
He wished he’d not been self-deceiving!
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Medicine took some too,
He’d almost rather stay blue…
Sharp up and downs
And extra pounds—
He did what he had to do.
–
Acceptance gets harder and harder
Giving up implications of ardor…
There isn’t much left,
He feels bereft,
But paying for solutions would be murder!
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–Jonathan Caswell
THE CHRISTIAN’S IDENTITY PARADOX**
The paradox…is to find
Your identity through Christ’s mind…
Without Him you’ll never
See love forever,
And of yourself you are blind.
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Christ said “die to self-love”
But we don’t know what that’s of…
Who ae we really
That God loves us freely,
And visits us like a dove?
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He loves us just as we are,
That sounds okay, so far…
Can we take a reprieve
From our view self-deceived
To see who we REALLY are?
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So many of us learn
To hide our real selves once burned…
And not recognise
Until we’re surprised
At the strange things that are up-churned.
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Turn unto Christ with your pleas
Learning through His eyes who He sees…
Peter learned pride
And fear were inside,
Experiencing a lake in a strong breeze!
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What else did he learn, let’s ask,
While following Christ was his task…
He was impulsive, true,
But humility came through,
Remembering performance in his past.
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In order to give your life you must live,
Prepared to learn what God gives…
Learn thyself well
To escape from Hell,
As choosing your whole self to give.
–Jonathan Caswell
** See more in THE GIFT OF BEING YOURSELF, by David G. Benner, 2004, IVP BOOKS.
By the Mighty Mumford 