Upon studying 2 Peter 1:4:
by which He has given to us exceedingly
so that through these things you might become partakers of the divine nature
and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Can I Be Holy?
This drop of water is like the Atlantic,
Not with the power or magnitude of oceans,
Not in Size and scope,
But in essence and saltiness.
So am I. Can it be?
My heart made clean, I am filled with
Love to God and to each other.
My love seems so small compared to Christ,
but it is the same love,
filling me.
Joy in the Spirit, Joy in the the Word,
Joy to the World.
The spark in this ember is like a forest fire,
not with the same heat or destruction,
Not in size and scope yet,
But in essence and combustion.
So am I. Can it be?
My heart washed by the water,
and tempered by the flames,
I am clean and holy.
In ways I still need to learn daily, I am in His Spirit,
and filled with His Spirit.
The skin of my frame is stretched taught,
pulled to springy transparency to allow the
Spirit to fill me each moment.
Holy now, I conform to His nature,
Revealed in me the Spirit of Jesus.
It is love.
Joy in the Word, Joy to the World.
(c) Tom Bolton, January 26, 2022, Cudahy home.
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