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Sunday Jun 16, 2013
Sunday Jun 16, 2013
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 ~
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