Image Renewed

Do you believe that I am like yourself,
All inward turned and bound into a knot,
Besotted by the world’s fake fame and wealth,
In love, not with what is but what is not?

Return to me and lay your burden down;
I long to teach you wisdom in your heart.
You need not in the flood of this world drown;
I’ll raise you up to Calvary’s truth impart.

With me I’ve crucified your sin and death;
You do not need to tremble in despair,
For I have breathed anew my living breath
In you to give new life from heaven’s air.

My image now in you has been renewed;
You’re free to love what is My truth imbued.