TRIM ME O LORD!

Circumcise my heart, O Lord
And retrieve me with Your love,
Peel back the layers of hardness,
Vulcanized in the process of the ages of my years.

Expose to the light the overshadowing of its darkness,
Cause it to throb afresh with the flow of abundant life.
Scrape off the scabs of a toil that’s oh so wearisome,
Renewing in me once more the sense in a heart of flesh .

Open my blind eyes to see anew,
Distant visions, unchartered vistas that’s hidden in plain sight.
Help me cast aside once more, the garments of my cast,
Joyfully divesting off the glories of my faded past.

Make me patiently await the trappings of my new estate,
Readily shaking off the dust of my last glowing glaze,
Arising to follow You in the wake of Your path,
May I be propelled forward by the cadence of Your grace.

Draw me to the heights with the intenseness of Your hail,
To live within the confines of the intimacy of Your call.
May I never be raptured with the glamour of this cosmos,
Or rest content to dance the tune of the clamour of its beat.

May I always seek to be satiated with the rewards of Your world
Chastened ever daily by the turnings of Your Love!
May I constantly long to be transformed to the pattern of Your likeness,
Until I see Your image mirrored in the entirety of my all!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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KING OR KNAVE OF HEARTS?

Do you really know the heart of God,
Or even aware of what it beats for?
Do you comprehend what gets His nod,
Or even understand what He longs for!

Do you realize that He is working for the world’s salvation,
While you pray for His wrath on whom He has compassion!
Do you still wish to pray for revenge and retaliation,
While He wants you to bridge the gap in reconciliation!

What if God were to deal with you just the same,
As you do with those you want to shame?
What if He turned around to tarnish your name,
As you do to those you seek to point and blame!

Don’t you realize what would soon happen,
If God were to turn against you and abandon!
Are you cognizant of how hard it will be,
If God were not your friend but your foe!

Let your heart in sync be with what He wants,
Throbbing in tune with the rhythm of His atonement!
Let it seek and crave only what He desires,
Blessing will be yours when you are His in committment!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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BARRISTER OF HEAVEN

He is the true and righteous advocate,
Who is ready to defend every petition with grace,
He’s never made even a single error or mistake,
Who is yet to give up on anyone as hopeless case!

He is on the side of the discarded and rejected ones,
Those who’ve been battered by wrongs and word stones,
Marginalized and neglected, they survive on society’s crumbs,
Such are the people He seeks and constantly welcomes.

He readily takes up and pleads their just cause,
Showering on them His favor and compassion nonstop,
Though they maybe interred in a dark and dirty jailhouse,
His eyes are always on them constantly without a fullstop.

Careful to judge whose side you do take,
Those He seeks to bless be not the one to break,
Don’t end up working against Him like the snake.
Lest you find yourself under the same curse and fate!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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ONE & ONLY

My God is skilled in creating,
He can start with little or nothing,
Make it in to a great something
Who is like Him with small beginning!

My God is skilled in the providing,
He can take a small supplying,
Make it sufficient by multiplying,
Who is like Him in miracle working!

My God is awesome in compassion,
He can look beyond the assumption,
Make the sinner a saint by absolution,
Who is like Him in salvation and redemption!

My God is not restricted by weakness,
He can heal and relieve any sickness,
Make free from crippling mental illness,
Who is like Him in restoring brokenness!

My God is incomparable in true love,
He can never really reject or disapprove,
Make no mistake for He is the gentle dove,
Who is like Him on earth and in heaven above!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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TONGUE ON FIRE

The tongue is a fire the good book does claim,
Lighting the course of nature with hell’s own flame,
A world of evil that seeks to corrupt and maim,
The one who can tame it has nary a blame!

Small though it is, it boasts so great,
Perfect is the one who uses it not to bait.
Ships and horses can be turned the right way,
But we use it to terminate rather than create!

Stammering lips and unknown tongue the Lord did promise,
The Spirit descended with cloven tongues to astonish,
The predicted rain came on all to refresh,
Come ye thirsty to drink and be at rest!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

*This week’s pic reminded me of the Apostle James’ warning about the tongue in the Bible. I was also reminded of the promise given through the Prophets Isaiah and Joel of the new tongue and language that will transform. Combined it all in this poem!

*Friday Fictioneers is talented group of enthusiasts penning down a story, a poem, a prose, etc., expressing their heart about a photo prompt © Anshu Bhojnagarwala

WHICH WILL YOU BE!

When before God in your closet you do stand,
Brandishing a list of woes against one or all of your band,
Praying that He would on them lay a reprimand,
Don’t you realize whose side you are when you make that demand!

Accuser or Intercessor, which will you be,
What’s the petition you will raise when you’re on your knee?
Avenger or Forgiver, which will give you glee,
Don’t you realize whom you reflect, when you make your plea!

God looks for a person to plug the leak,
In the dyke of protection He’s put over His clique,
Repairer or Destroyer, who will you be in that breach,
Don’t let God down when you preach or do outreach !

Walking in love is a choice you just have to make,
For to follow Christ is to be His faithful namesake.
Walking in hate will only give you a bitter heartache,
Don’t end up suffering eternally in hell’s fiery lake!

Let go of your pain in the light of His amazing grace,
Don’t be in darkness when you can live before His face.
Leave it to Him to advocate your rightful case,
Don’t fret for He’ll see that you finally win the race!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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GOD OF ALL THE EARTH

The God who dwelt in the heaven,
Is the God who moved in the garden.
The God who made the tent His meeting place,
Is the God filled the temple as His resting place.

The God who was the Word that was spoken,
Is the God who came to be Bread that was broken.
The God who was from and in the beginning,
Is the God who became man to rescue men from sinning.

The God who moved on the waters of old
Is the God who moulds the church as gold.
The God who raises the people from the dead,
Is the God who is the Spirit causing the gospel to spread.

The God who was and is and is to come,
Is the God who is yesterday today and forever the same.
The God who is the Father Spirit Son,
Is the God through whom we will always overcome!

© SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL

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