Vents Wide Open, Still Suffocating...

"For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death."
 - 2 Corinthians 7:10

I came across that gem early this morning when I was venting on my blog.

Worldly sorrow... spiritual death... 

Oh, yes, the faith killers have come, 

seeking my soul, 

binding me in a pit of despair with chains of my own creation.

I eat the bread of sorrow

ground from the harvest of thorns

from a well planted crop that I have sown.

I scowl at death,

it sneers in reply

knowing the anguish of the devices I invented.

"Oh death, where is thy sting?

Oh grave, where is thy victory?"

Right here! Deep within my heart! And I have driven your thorn deep.

Repentance and regret,

a key and curse,

oh faith! Where is your strength?

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