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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: DULL (05/12/17)
Whetstone


1 I'm needing your whetstone to purify me.
Once deadened by sin, but Christ's blood cleanses me.
Your Word works my spirit, it sharpens each day,
And hones its dull edges to trust and obey.

Refrain:
May I yield, may I yield as your whetstone You wield.
May I yield, may I yield as your plan is revealed.
I come to you, Father, so dull, as You see,
In need of your whetstone to purify me.

2 As iron sharpens iron, in your body I find
That sometimes each other our nerves gravely grind,
But faithful in fellowship, finding in time,
Encouragement when there's a mountain to climb.

3 Those mountainous trials, You use to refine,
My spirit transforms, so your will becomes mine.
I welcome your whetstone, though rough it may seem,
I know it's the means for my spirit to gleam.

*****

Author's note: This song was inspired by Hebrews 4:12, Titus 2:11-14, Proverbs 27:17, Hebrews 10:25, James 1:2-4, and 1 Peter 1:6-7. It may be sung to the tune of Fanny Crosby's "To God Be the Glory."
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Colin Swann
05/22/17
I certainly feel like a bit of polishing up now and again. Not pleasant to be honest but sometimes we need tough love!
Thought provoking little rhyme. Thanks!
Francie Snell 
05/23/17
Wonderful food for thought.
Great job.
C D Swanson 
05/25/17
Nicely done.
Blessings~
Ellen Carr 
06/01/17
Congratulations, Holly, on your EC for this poem/song. The message is a good one and clear. I enjoyed singing it under my breath to the tune of "To God be the Glory". It worked well.