Romans 8:11-13 

11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

 

 Romans 8:12-13 

12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh  13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

 

A spiritual life imprisoned by a fleshly body.

Light caught in a black fur ... if that would be possible.

Maybe like a curtain ... that’s drawn from both sides

and meets in the middle ... to hide the probable.

 

Life itself is hidden ... in a box of clay

and it won’t come out although the box is brittle.

Does not make any sense ... that it could capture life

and move it from existence ... to make a day a riddle.

 

My inner man being nigh to God ... my outer not the wiser.

My inner smiles with Life itself ... and my outer in the grave

My inner sucks up the truth ... my outer a despiser.

My inner built on a rock ... my outer buried a slave.

 

Obedient to the body ... move on its every wish.

A little discomfort ... will alter its hopeless existence.

It sounds kind of snotty ... like a dirty dish

that has been used in a banquet just for an instant.

 

 

Filled with love and pity ... through its own persistence

understanding only ... what good should be about.

The skeleton of a tree reaching up to heaven

tangled strands like ghosts mixed in with the crowd.

 

Not a sigh of life ... in a petrified environment.

Only ingrained in stone ... a pattern of what could have been.

Only the Holy Ghost ... can bring it into action

through the Power of God ... willing to redeem.

 

 

By the provision of God’s Spirit we receive competence

to command the outer frame ... without interference.

No more debtors to the flesh and its own desires.

I cannot be restricted ... just influenced through perseverance.

 

Legitimate requirements that the body has

like clothing, food and rest ... are a simple few.

The disciples sleeping well when Christ was in the Garden,

shows some of the tendencies ... that the Lord fore-knew.

 

The Lord showed endurance against hunger, sleep and fear.

Victory over the legitimate ... marked His Path in passion.

The Love for His Father and His Willingness to obey

set an example for Christian life ... “The Way, The Truth” fashion.

 

Jan Wienen