AN UNWANTED PART OF ME

AN UNWANTED PART OF ME

I USED to have this
ONE certain habit in me
That I couldn't stand
About myself


An uncertain evil so to speak


Do you HAVE any evil-
UNWANTED habits in you
That you just CAN'T SEEM
To get over


With GOD'S HELP and SUPPORT
I was ABLE to overcome it


How about you? Or are you
STILL fighting whatever-I wish you WELL
In your continued fight


“WHEN he got out of the boat-
At once-a man from the tombs-
Who had an UNCLEAN spirit
Met him


The man had been dwelling among the tombs-
And NO ONE could restrain him-
Any longer


Even with a chain” Mark 5:2-3


TODAY we read about a man
Possessed by many demons


It's easy to UNDERSTAND
WHY Jesus would want to free him


But why would he send him
Into a herd of pigs
And over a cliff


Jesus PRESERVED me from
MY unclean spirits and gave me
MORE LIFE


How about you?
Were you ABLE to conquer
Your bad habit?
Were you able to LAND
On your feet and have Jesus
PRESERVE your life?


An unwanted part of me
Was overcome-
THANKS to the Lord
How about you?


“My comfort
In my suffering is this:


YOUR PROMISE
Preserves my life” Psalm 119:50


You PRESERVED my life Lord
From an UNWANTED part of myself
And you did it-in order-
To GIVE me life


“WHOEVER keeps commandments
Keeps their life


But whoever shows contempt
For their ways-will die” Proverbs 19:16


Save us LORD-
Preserve us
DELIVER US=from our evil


Forgive us-deliver us-
And GIVE us life


“Whoever tries to KEEP their life
Will lose it


And whoever loses their life
WILL PRESERVE IT” Luke 17:33


DELIVER us from evil Lord=deliver us
From this UNWANTED PART of ourselves


Dear LOVING Lord-
You KNOW our weaknesses
You know our frailties


HELP ME-help us-
SAVE us from this
Unwanted part of ourselves-
Like LEGION


You PRESERVE us


FREE us from
ALL that binds us


Selfishness-lack of patience-jealousy-whatever it is
HOLDING US back from you


Dear Lord=help us=to be
ONE WITH YOU


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
1-30-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Judy Schueneman