Hebrews 4:12 

12 For the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword,

piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow;

it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

Oh my soul!

You aspire a high position ... the Lord will bring you low

You cherish many hopes ... but the Lord won’t allow success

You entertain all delight you want ... the Lord will remove all that

As you yearn for glory ... the Lord humiliates with stress

Nothing in the Lord’s ordering ... goes inside with Christian thought

Everything will strike the latter down as one struggles with all “might”

It won’t take long to give up or know ... the heading is straight for death

For at that point there’s no discern ... that the Lord leads him to demise

That is why the soul has to “die” ... for I need to lose heart for self

I won’t get anywhere otherwise ... beyond what is in the world

Unless my soul is sacrificed ... and burned as a gift to God

Through the power and the strength of Jesus Christ, my Lord

Jan Wienen