For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- (Romans 8:13 ESV)
There’s a bad moon rising…
Satan’s enticing me –
Telling me to feel the fire in my lungs
Let go of my tongue
And shipwreck this relationship
Over which I’ve so graciously been given stewardship
Emotions are running high –
Strung so tight
That it’s like a thick cord
You could cut with a knife
So I fashion my words into a saber
And keep taking slice after slice
Until there is nothing left
But death…
Relationship thrown to the wayside
In a moment of rage
Setting the stage for a catastrophic crescendo –
A cacophony of swearing and not caring about the outcome
Don’t really care if the premise of the beef dumb
Because it doesn’t matter who’s right or left
The only thing that’s worth caring about
Is that I’ve won…HELL YES!
No. 1 with a bullet…
Let the world know that I’ve got a hair trigger
And that I ain’t afraid to pull it
Instead of going out like a sucker
I’ll show my teeth
And suck the life out of another
Dig in deep – getting all the flesh I need
But when the blood’s been drawn
And the bones picked dry
The only thing left to kill is me…
So I turn my aggressiveness inward
On the oppression that stifles my conscience
Go savage on my insecurities
And rest in the surety
Of the Almighty’s benevolent abundance
He is omnipotent –
So His grace is more than sufficient
To cover the inadequacy of my emotions
To deal with the feelings
That someone’s disrespecting me
I’m reminded that I’m a new creature –
An altered beast who desires to be meek
Overcome my desire to win
By changing my perception of defeat
So instead of assaulting a perceived adversary
I put salt in my speech
Walk in peace with grace and forgiveness
Speak softly and turn the other cheek
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
- (2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV)
Soli Deo Gloria,
Shon
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