Romans 8:5-7 

5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh,

 but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, 

7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

 

Is to be minded a simple choice or is it a gift uncertain?

A gift hardly understood ... a gift behind a curtain?

 

A state, that divides a man in two ... that builds a contradiction?

Fought within, but shown without ... removing all that’s fiction.

 

If it is a choice, was it mine ... or was I pre-selected?

Not because it was just for me ... but the way my life reflects it.

 

My Spirit was dead, you know ... so I did never know “me”.

How could I then make a choice or accept the gift that was shown me.

 

Once the gift, which is life itself ... I slipped on and made my shelter.

How could I not embrace the One ... Who revealed to be my helper?

 

My feet He planted on the Rock ... but my eyes I still control

Why is carnality so strong and my flesh in sin embroiled?

 

Carnal Christian. Is that me ... did my spirit see Life truly?

Sometimes I don’t feel that at all for my mind is so unruly.

 

Even now it is hard to remember ... where this poem has started.

Was it on the day of my birth or when I feel like almost departed?

 

Jan Wienen