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July 20, 2008
Taken From: Ephesians 4:17-5:21; Romans 1:16-32
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
Night is breathing close to me,
a sensuous dark;
within me
the dark cave and a fire.
The evangel comes, holding tight
a candle,
shielding
the withering flame, crying out
“Sleeper, awake!
Stand up out of the dead ones!”
a sensuous dark;
within me
the dark cave and a fire.
The evangel comes, holding tight
a candle,
shielding
the withering flame, crying out
“Sleeper, awake!
Stand up out of the dead ones!”
The light appears, splits the dark,
stills the moment.
A love fiercer than I can understand
ripens my heart.
infuses me with life.
I embrace his fragrant yoke
that I may learn him;
how his love works,
this constant love
that illumines everything, makes me
seem transparent till all around
wonder at the life his love has made.
DAS
Author Profile: Born and raised in Montgomery County, Texas, Pastor Dan Schiel was called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ at age 20 and has served as pastor in independent churches for over forty years. He is the founding pastor of Christ Church (founded 1977). 