Esau's Tears

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I feel myself to be

among the Damned 

once blessed

now consigned

to live with my choice

my damned

and damning

free will 

But that which is consigned

can it not be bought again?

Put back into the circulation 

of the Living?

How many times did Hosea's hand 

Redeem 

one so far gone 

not even repentant

strange that she was saved 

(may it be said of me 

and may I not cry 

the unanswered tears of Esau 

as he stared at the bottom of his empty bowl

his Birthright 

but a memory)

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Ashes

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When all you have left

To offer

Is Ashes

Offer them to The One

Who parlays ashes

Into Amazing Grace

Who brings the Phoenix

Out of the fire

Who In The Beginning

Set the precedent,

Breathing Deity into Dust,

Blowing Dead Bones

Into a Divine Battalion

Man's equity

Allows only

For Ashes to Ashes

Dust to Dust

But God Mercifully turns that math on its ear

Exchanging for our prodigal hearts

Every precious thing in His possession,

All of His Household

With All of His Heart

So Go Ahead,

Lay your ashes on the altar

And see Divine Alchemy

alter Everything

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"I AM the Resurrection and the Life"

- John 11:25