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.