“All Things New” [Body-Life Series]

“Well – here we are”, I like to say sometimes,
As if all’s well – I have not lost my mind;
Cash here abounds; debt’s paid off; and we float
Quite lazily in Disney’s “Small World” boats.

That’s not the case, nor has it been for years
On all those counts, despite relief of fears
That’s taken You so long, O Lord, to quench;
I’m sitting here still on the side-line bench.

The other major change for me, of course –
I’m recently aware of Kingdom force
Made up of body-members – I’m a part;
And we fulfill Your task, though late I start.

“Out spreading the disease”, is where I’ve been –
On angle-diagram I have been keen;
The Kingdom-layer, tool-maker sort of thing
Now I’ve seen “upside-down is how I sing.”

Lord, it’s a stretch, but slowly I’ve come ’round
To comprehending truth that I have found
To be more accurate than shtick from home,
As I on Kingdom-layer start to roam.

Like, as Your body-gifts come into play,
Not just the allergy has gone away,
But work gets done on task You are about,
As we push forward dissipating doubt –

Is how we find this life engaged in Thee,
Old satan’s legions pack their bags and flee;
We need not do the tasks the others do –
Photography, this day, is somewhat new.

Like, only gift-related part’s for me –
As team clicks in, I now begin to see
The time I save not doing others’ work,
Which means I spend less time as satan’s jerk.

Not sure at all how that plays out each day,
But it’s much better now, I have to say,
As task’s so big – now Gerber’s process clicks
In – “Top-down; bottom-up” to process fix.

But task’s the aspect that’s been re-arranged,
Which means that every other thing is changed –
Road-block’s removed in me not just out there;
And difference is so huge when I compare –

It to frustrating years – it would not go
In ways that seemed it should, more I would know,
But still it would not budge – now it’s set free –
“Woo-woo” indeed – steam engine time indeed.

Lord, it’s amazing how things operate
As we step forward – step out Pearly Gates
On mission-task You’ve set Your sights to do;
Indeed as Paul said, “You make all things new”.

Thanks Lord for this.

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