Antivenom

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 26 Feb 2015
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Lust harms the heart,
harmed hardened heart then harbours more,
and hurt and harm outpour …
Healing?
sensitive once more to spear and venom?
How can weak flesh keep clear and clean
from poison slick and trick of demon?
the heart that’s freshly filled with love and power
by One alive,    
has power above the must of lust
– for love.

(IP: 20/02/15 I give you a choice: any one of the seven deadly sins. )
[I suppose 7 denotes a roundness that is, I suppose, to cover all sin – the reason for redemption being offered]

 

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Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I love your internal rhyming patterns and alliteration.

I think the sinners of lust are put in the highest level of hell by Dante - meaning he thought, presumably, that it was the least awful, and most understandable. There's a wide spectrum between fancying somebody without acting on it - which might still be conceived as lust - and the full blown rape which encompasses so much more than just sex - violence, degredation, and so on.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, Jean, and I agree, though Jesus did point out that lust in the heart needs forgiveness too, and is of course a danger (that is a bit more than just 'fancying somebody; probably? though one needs to take care!). And also, it is the sin of others 'playing around' with emotions, tempting by look, dress etc that isculpable aswell, and the need for help in avoiding what does harm, and being aware, hence the need for divine help strengthening (which is readily available).
But there is a lot of giggling about lust as if it is just funny, though condemnation when it slips into full blown rape etc. And that I think is unwise, and unhelpful. Rhiannon