Sunday Worship

Restoration

by Jim Harris

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He restores my soul!

By gracious means he makes me whole,

receives, reshapes, renews, restarts

my inward life, whose several parts

by disobedience and neglect

had run aground, completely wrecked.

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He brings me back!

Directs me to the safest track.

In subtle ways he turns me round

and takes me back to well-trod ground;

the paths I learned at first to walk,

the words I used at first to talk.

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He lights my fire!

Rekindles in me strong desire

to worship him with all my heart,

and not withhold a single part

from serving him and loving him,

my Shepherd, Saviour, and my King.

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Hello! My name is Jim Harris! This poem, which I’ve called “Restoration”, was written when I was in France in 2003. Struggling to read the Bible in French I was made aware of the subtleties in that seemingly simple word ‘restores’, found in Psalm 23, verse 3 ‘He restores my soul’. Here’s what I wrote about that word at the time. ‘The word ‘restore’ carries more than one meaning. A ‘restaurant’ is where you replenish your energy levels by taking food. Restore also means to put something back into its original condition, or someone back into a broken relationship. It can also be used for stirring something into life, like the old coal fires we used to have. These three verses, based on Psalm 23:3, ‘He restores my soul’, try to reflect these three ideas about our relationship with the Good Shepherd.’ You can view more of Jim's verse at his website ~