Stripped Away......

STRIPPED AWAY

Just like a piece of furniture,
once shiny and unflawed...
I'd come before my Saviour
I'd come before my God.
Once a growing Christian,
so passionately unique...
But now I come a-limping...
---a dowdy worn antique???
(Is there a place for me;
So weathered by life's storms?)
What made me passionate, at first
Now fails to spark or burst.
Am I backslidden?
(I'm tempted to wonder.)
Why?????????
I cry..................
The Master Potter, once He was,
Now comes as Master Rebuilder; if I let Him.
The sand paper's rough;
the coarse grade...
Now the fine grade
wears me down.
To smooth and refine me
Repair: remake me.
So painfully, stripped down..
Does ALL get stripped away?
family
friends
health
good will
All the things that thrill?
Too tired to fight...
I REST from wrestling.
I wait for something --
THE DUST; it settles at my feet.
(the saw and hammer and nails)
The spotlight turns on me ---
I'm shiny and shimmering
in HIS light.
Better than before!
The process -- I can't abhor.
Thro' my glamorous new finish
A reflection can be seen.
It's NOT even me!
but...
HIM!!!
02/04/08/dgporritt