Jeremiah 5:23 

23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
They have turned aside and gone their own way.

 

 

Soul:

 

You’re only the part of me who hides who you are.

You always seem to dominate the forms of my understanding

You developed my personality and call me my “own” self.

My spirit and my body you twist as one, handily.

 

You are my emotion ... you direct my love and hate.

As I hunger for devotion ... you fill me with your slate.

When anger or joy surface ... you feed it willingly

and when sad or happy ... you make sure I separate.

 

You manipulate my affections and let my feelings rule.

You make me a reflection and tell me what to do.

You hand me my desires on a metal plate

that you heat or freeze at will as you call me out of date.

 

You make me self-conscious ... you handle intellect.

When my thoughts are racing ... you do not filter them.

Everything that comes your way ... you absorb to understand.

You’re totally independent to make me one of them.

 

To you I’m just an entity that stands often in the way.

For what you really want for me is comfort, peace and prey.

You justify about everything and drown me out through guilt.

You motivate me to do wrong and blame me for that day.

 

I really cannot depend on you ... you will not be responsible.

All you decide and all you will winds up in my lap.

You are ruled by depravity that you call common sense

but for “Holy Spiritual Quality” you are just a sap.

 

You are my fall, so natural and the conqueror as you rule.

as farther I move away from God Who wants you to be renewed

You wish my spirit in the grave and so to tolerate your best

as before Christ my Savior ... you’ll surely come unglued.

 

I want you to have the mind of Christ ... I want you to do His Will.

I’m tired of being dragged through mire, stench and filth.

I want to be renewed in heart ... I want to be unselfish.

I want to be the “me”, who died ... I want to do God’s will.

 

I need to lead a spiritual life and not overhaul the natural.

I need to be reborn and changed and that only God can do.

I need to die to myself ... and be crucified daily

with my Lord in one ... without interference from you.

 

Jan Wienen