My Addiction (An Open Prayer to God)
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O Lord:
As you know; there is this terrible thing out there in this world
In fact, it is so terrible that it makes my head swirl
However, I’m not viewing it through the eyes of a spectator
For I went so far into this evil that it blasted me into a crater
That I feel like I can’t get out of
It’s so evil that it’s currently my addiction
It makes me think that its consequences are fiction
But it’s actually a restriction
It makes my soul leave my heart like just like an eviction
And what’s left of my soul feels like it’s under a bad kind of conviction
Am I to suffer from this evil forever, so that not even benediction
Can free me from this living hell? Because hell is within its jurisdiction
Again, I feel like my soul is under constriction
But what I need right now, O Lord, is your kind of conviction
I’m already suffering under the kind of conviction that Satan gives me
I need your holy conviction to take away my blindness and make me see
That this sin called pornography is something that I need to flee
And not just pornography but lust as well
Because every time I fall under that spell
I end up regretting it, and feel like I’m in Hell
And I can’t handle all these feelings that make my head swell
Oh Lord, what I need right now is you
Not something that can please my sexual desire
Because following that crap is completely dire
To my soul, which I should not have for myself
Because all I do with it is put it on a shelf
Rarely using it
And when I do use it it’s to destroy one’s self
Whether it’s me or someone else
All I do with it is to mess it up
And I…don’t…want….that…
I want you to completely take over my soul
My soul that I feel like has a hole
That no other desire can fill
I need you to take over me and make me whole
So that you may have total control
Over my life and my soul
All that I should ever want in this world
Is to be more like you
To have me die to self
And make me new
So I can see the world through your view
So when you need to use me, you can, on your cue
And not when I need to use you
Just to prove a point
My only goal in this world should be to praise you
And to express it in such a way that everyone can see it
I should be following 116
And I’m not talking about the rapping clique
I should be reading Romans 1:16
And everything else in between
Genesis and Revelations
Because that is what I need right now, a revelation
In my heart
So that I can be a part
Of advancing your kingdom
And not my income
Of the sins that keep affecting me
Sins just like the ones I’m struggling with; lust and pornography
God…please help me
I feel like I’m so far away from you
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sophisticatedgrace
Praise the Lord, my brother that you choose to cry out to Him.
sacrifice
He is closer than your breath, and don't flee it: conquer it.
I believe in you :) keep up the fight.
Having this mindset is the first step. Take it day by day.
Otherwise, this poem is good. It's honest, it's raw. It's GOOD. Good job. :)
Your poem is so honest and heart felt. Know that you are not alone in this struggle and there will be victory after this. As someone commented take it day by day surrendering everything to God.He hears your prayer :)
Robiel Hidray Fesseha Rasu
Thank you sincerily for that wonderful and inspiring word from Princes Power that I just read. When I heard him speak his wonderful words on the Arensio Hall Show I knew I had to look him up on the internet. He inspires me and makes me feel that there is a hope out there in this awful and clamatity ful word.But we must keep our heads held up high and keep on keeping on.Selah