enslaved but free
January 28, 2017
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans 6:22 (NIV)
Take me to you, imprison me, for I
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
- John Donne
Even in freedom,
we are slaves.
Addictions,
where good becomes bad
and bad becomes worse.
What’s left?
Regret, pain, loss,
the curse.
Chains, shackles, traps,
they bind.
It is death we reap,
in body, heart, and mind.
Rescue comes;
through cross, blood, grace, love,
a Slave, and
slavery too.
The benefit?
Holiness, help, life, hope,
for me and you.
A God and King,
whose enslaved are free.
No regrets!
Bind my hands, feet, mind and
heart;
Throw away the key.
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