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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Savory to the Taste (07/26/12)
Why have I left a bitter taste?
All my life has been a waste.
The emptiness I feel inside
It just feeds my foolish pride.

I say there is no God for me
That I must suffer endlessly.
My soul cries out in mortal rage
My life has been a darkened maze.

The things I do are not so good
I would stop them if I could.
But you see there’s just one thought
It’s sin nature and all it brought.

Resentment has built in me
Of why things sadly have to be.
My piece in life’s a whirlpool
My actions make me out the fool.

Father forgive me when I doubt
That I’m lost with no way out
So much of Your time I waste
I think I cause that bitter taste

God take pleasure in seeing me
Start to see a change must be.
But I am lost as what to do
How can I see this through?

I have failed so many times
Trying to put things in a line
How can anyone be pleased
To see a man upon his knees.

But God has that specialness
To pull me out of all this mess
Add some things that turns me ‘round
Gives me a robe and a crown.

The bitterness has gone away
Sweet salvation here to stay.
It just took God’s caring hand
To make it so I can stand


Now I savor all my time
With a God I know is mine.
The soul-mixer stirs with care
A savory tastes are finally there

He blends in His sweetest love
He adds angels from above
Mixes in His lasting grace
It brings a smile to His face

I think I’m incomplete
I’m not spicy and not sweet
I’m how I’m supposed to be
Blended well for all to see.

How can I ever explain
Since I’ve met God I’m not the same.
I am a blended soul He’s made
At last at peace my soul is saved.
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Brenda Rice
08/03/12
I was drawn in to your poem right away. I felt the turmoil of your MC. Then I felt the MC's soul change. Good job.
Brenda Rice
08/03/12
I was drawn in to your poem right away. I felt the turmoil of your MC. Then I felt the MC's soul change. Good job.
Brenda Rice
08/03/12
I was drawn in to your poem right away. I felt the turmoil of your MC. Then I felt the MC's soul change. Good job.
Brenda Rice
08/03/12
Sorry. Don't know how I multiplied my comment.
C D Swanson 
08/03/12
Beautiful and compelling poem. Thank you so much.

God bless~
Mildred Sheldon
08/06/12
A truly beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing and God bless.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
08/06/12
I could really relate to this piece. It reminds me of some of the poems I write where I start in a dark place but then God leads me to the light. Very powerful.