Man of God
how dare i seek to deceive myself
it is an offense unto You
who know truth in all its forms
verily, You conceived truth itself
And in Your thought, first made me
How then, can I, Your creation
seek to deceive myself?
feeding myself with lies and falsehoods
treating myself as if i were a common fool
yet why do I not realize that I am Your creation?
such fate, such folly, such foolery
dear Lord save me from it
I do sin with my hands and my eyes see
Yet they cry out that I have done good works
I do sin with my mind and my thoughts know
Yet they cry out that I have thought wonders
No longer do I content myself
with merely discounting my darkness
but I instead twist it, into a pale reflection of light
then I proclaim, behold my own mighty Light
I am a fool, a human, fallen, broken
once again
how i tire of my foolishness
why must I then repeat it, if I hate it so?
Ah, but wisdom speaks
sent perhaps from above
My actions, my choices, are free
for so You have granted to me and all men
If I do truly hate such evils, then in Your name I may renounce them
It is written that if I do so, then You shall lend me Your strength
A novel idea then this
I shall try it henceforth
I do so; Or rather, I attempt
Such a trial
To bring forth Your name upon my lips, agony
What force within resists Truth?
Out Satan, Out Devil, Out Deceiver
No more shall you trouble me
Nor shall your lurk admist my thoughts
Slyly suggesting, quietly questioning
I am a Child of the Most High
Adopted, it is no matter
His power is over me and as such
you have no power here
Away then, in the Lord Jesus Christ's name
By His Body and Blood
By the Holy Cross
I am a man of God, sworn to Him
Content to cower to no longer
I no longer strive to seek
I find, and I do my work
With joy unto the Lord
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