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By Terry R A Eissfeldt
02/23/22
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I know the plans you have for me
and they are not for good.

You want to keep me running.
You want to keep me hunting.
You want to keep me circling
round the truth.

Cause when I finally hit the wall
and come to face my fatal flaws
then all your lies will liquidate
like ice under summer sun.

I hear the truth in whispered wind
that I am free from all my sin
but still I strive to satisfy
the tree of knowledge good and bad.

I want to do it in my strength.
I want to justify my ends.
And you are very willing to extend
the lie that I can hide my shame
from Him.

I live in such a fallacy;
a mirage where I think I’m free
but really the walls you built
to hem me in are mountainous.

So why can’t I firmly grip
their craggy sides and climb up
high enough to see the other side?

Fear keeps me firmly fixed
behind the walls you created
with my consent;
with my hidden schemes;
where I think I am
the hero rescuing me.

But I can’t.

I admit defeat.
I am unable to hear or see,
to reason or debate.
I am but a sinner
in need of grace.

So, I stop running.
I stop hunting.
I stop circling round the truth.

I finally hit the wall and
crumple to the ground.
I hit the bottom.
I fall on the Rock.

But, instead of judgement
I am loved.
Instead of anger
I am lifted high above
the wall of lies and fear.

I am enclosed in arms of grace.
I'm now shielded from
your lies.

With mercy and compassion
I am held close enough to hear
The Father’s heart.

And from this place
of pure protection,
in His strength,
I'm now able
to finally say
Goodbye

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