That I may share in its blessings – v2

I wonder in reading

the chapter to the people

members of his flock

the musings of this shepherd

the manic drive,

the thing deep within him

striving to undo

the harm that he caused

the injury to the church, to God

The words of transformation

of all that he became

driven to share, convicted,

that others may be brought to life

that the message be shared

in all languages, traditions

that he may share, freely,

in the blessings of salvation

by grace, not works, alone

Does this tell us, revealing,

more about the apostle

who preached of salvation

of all the means of grace

yet he himself is the driven zealot

aware of his unworthiness

trying to claim salvation

by the work of the Spirit

the sharing of the Gospel

Didn’t he see, couldn’t he

the scales from his vision,

given new life, new eyes,

that the thing he professed

becoming a slave to all

that they may be freed

the saving by grace

for him like all the rest

for life eternally

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edited November 12, 2014

That I may share in its blessings – v2

July 30, 2011

That I may share in its blessings

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/07/that-i-may-share-in-its-blessings.html

1 Corinthians 9:19:23

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