Heart and soul

In the realm of heart and soul,
You ask for all.
Hands open,
I give the
fragmented,
flawed,
incomplete all
that I know.
You receive.
Tenderly. Welcoming
broken parts,
scattered pieces
of a repentant,
believing
heart.
You save the sin-sick soul.

Deeper than I know

In the realm of heart and soul,
You ask for all.
Not some paper valentine,
scribbled declaration,
surface platitude
easily discarded.
Your call remains
comprehensive, 
intensive,
penetrating deeper 
than I know.
And You move.
Relentless.
Doing the sanctifying
work of 
a loving Father. 
In my heart.
Through Your Word.
By Your Spirit. 

Revealing sin

In the realm of heart and soul,
You ask for all.
Faithfully revealing 
hidden,
glossed-over,
insidious
sin.
Tangled roots,
pride denied.
You expose
divided heart,
distracted soul.
Discipline the way
of a good Father.
Painful at times.
But necessary. 
And full of hope.
In Your unfailing love. 
Sufficient grace.

Heart and soul

In the realm of heart and soul,
You ask for all.
And in the step by step
abiding,
growing,
serving,
going,
the new creation 
transformation 
continues.
Day by day.
Hands open.
Surrendered 
with deepening joy.
For in Christ, I am whole.
Holy.
Wholly Yours.
You are my all in all.
Heart and soul.

Prayer

“And I pray this:
that your love will keep on growing
in knowledge and every kind of discernment,
so that you may approve the things that are superior
and may be pure and blameless
in the day of Christ,
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes
through Jesus Christ
to the glory and praise of God.”
Philippians 1:9-11

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