Lord, in Trouble have they visited Thee, they poured out a Prayer when Thy Chastening was upon them.
Lord, the Soul’s purest Light! the Spirit of Contentment, I can only speak to your pure Goodness and Kindness. Although I have tasted many bitter Brews when following your Kingdom, in the End it has awakened only the Good.
As long as I lived without Sorrow, I did not feel the Danger of Death. My sick Heart was filled with evil Spirits; the kind who only live for the World, adorned with the outward Appearance of Beauty. This is what my Heart craved
Now, since your Hand has touched my Heart, it speaks for and seeks You. My Riches have turned to Poverty and the shadowy World means only Pain for me. I give it up and seek the Peace that I find beneath your Cross.
My denial was washed away by the great Wave of your Love, and held me safely in your holy Confines. I was finally free from the Self-will and Sadness that controlled me.
Alas! how shall I do it, how to escape the Body of Death? who is there that in such great Matters stands by with wise Counsel and Deed? Hope says, Let the Light of your gracious Power break through and banish the Darkness.
Thus the Gold is separated, the Flesh at the Feet of the Spirit. Through heartache the False is exchanged for Purity. Thus is the Father’s Power fulfilled, and I will be sanctified like a bright Flash of Light before His Throne.
Let me die with You, and rise up again with You. The Father has given You to me so that I won’t have to walk Alone. O Lord, I will truly rise up in Faith and walk in the Way You command when I dwell in You.
I am bound to You with Love, even to the Point of Blood and Death. You have freed me from my many Hours of Distress and Injustice. Deliver me, I humbly beg with the Power of your Love. Amen.
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