[ Testimony ] Poem: Against

[Poet of Ephraim]

Again, I'm so sorry, I won't do it again,
I messed up again, the same way again.
I repent again so please forgive me again.
Forget my sins again, once more, again.
If the sin is scarlet, the again is burgundy,
Crushed from all the agains that burden me.
But agains will again, and again I'm fearing it,
I'm sick of saying it as you must be hearing it.

~Poet of Ephraim

 

[Hopeful]

Again, I'm so sorry, I won't do it again,
I messed up again, the same way again.
I repent again so please forgive me again.
Forget my sins again, once more, again.
If the sin is scarlet, the again is burgundy,
Crushed from all the agains that burden me.
But agains will again, and again I'm fearing it,
I'm sick of saying it as you must be hearing it.

~Poet of Ephraim

I am thankful for that reminder of OT men's plight in the fight against sinning.
Praise and thanksgiving be to God for granting us Gentiles the gift of repentance.
And thanks be to God for allowing that "turn from" sin to be permanent, by the death of the old man, rebirth from God's incorruptible seed, and the new divine nature.