spirit, soul and body.

 

 

I’ve been idle for too long

Like stagnant water in a

Foliage littered stream

Give me air, let me breathe

 

I’ve procrastinated like a song

A needle stuck in a groove

Not moving forward

Just a hiccup a hiss

Play the music please

 

I’ve been rebellious,

Well now just a minute

Wait there just hold on

Unable to see the wood

For the trees,

Blinding headaches

As I bang my head against

A concrete wall

Open wounds that won’t

Heal from the bleeds

 

I’ve been proud for too long

Wise folk tell me something

Objectively to help

I say blah, blah, blah

I’ve heard it all before

 

Now here’s something

You may not know about me

I’ve been saved by his grace

For 18 years.

And still the fleshy mindedness

Is the evidence that I’m

Bound by chains of sin

And I’m no different

Than a non-believing thief

 

 

When I christened the baptismal pool

In my crisp white baptismal gown

I thought I would be a new creature in Christ

Not plagued by besetting sins

 

Now 18 years on it’s just dawned on me

That the part of me that’s changed

Is my spirit man, he died he rose

Was justified and was changed

 

My soul, mind my intellect and emotions

Stayed cold and very much the same

No change was made

Then I heard the word sanctification

I thought, wait a minute

Would someone please explain?

 

I’m made of spirit, soul and body

The stoics knew this 2000 years ago

Quite right fatalism was their disposition

But justification by Christ was as foreign

To them as a real omnipotent God

 

I have two choices

Follow the spirit or the body, flesh

Don’t stop reading, let me speak

Indulge me this opportunity to sound like a fool

The carnal impulsive nature

Or my senses long for identity

Saying in greed feed me, feed me please

 

So the natural inclination

Is to feed, feed, and feed

Like a sautéed lord at a banquette

Gorging the flesh on flesh

The flesh on lust, the flesh on whatever

You please.

 

The body is looking for identity

Through the 5 senses wherever it goes

So our souls stay unregenerated

Base and out of control.

 

But hold on there’s hope

It takes great will and renewing

Of the mind feeding on the word of God

Enlightening your intellect and mind

With wise words in different life situations

A true blue print from the hand of God

 

Once our thoughts have been renewed

Our natural minds been changed

Remember the word mind is interchangeable

With intellect, will or soul

By the washing purifying activity

Of words with strength on every page

 

 

 

 

Then we have to act on them by will

And put practice in its place

Renewing of a realigned mind

Will line up with our justified spirits

 

Then if we continue in diligence our

Flesh will line up with the two

The justified spirit, the realigned mind

Two on one it’s really up to you

 

 

Our flesh our body or carnal nature

Will line up with our spirit and mind

Instead of being led by our five tangible senses

And now we’re led by our justified spirits

The sanctified mind in line

Our actions decide to follow

As two on one is a majority rule

It has no option to coincide.

 

So take your choice it’s up to all

Follow the carnal nature

And unregenerated soul

Or line up the soul, the mind the will

With the living word of God.

 

It’s serious and I’m no preacher

But I’m getting better every day

Sometimes I slip but dust off get up

And carry on His way.