My Stone Heart

My Stone Heart

Inspired by:
“And though my hard heart scarce to thee can grone, remember that thou once didst write on stone.”

-        George Herbert

Ezekiel 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” NIV

Long ago, you formed my inner being.

You gave me this heart that drives me.

You made it with a divine purpose,

So that it is only satisfied when it follows your ways.

How can I question your ways?

For You have made all of this.

Is there anyone more qualified

To direct my heart in the way it should go?

But not only have I questioned,

I’ve turned completely away.

What is supposed to follow only You,

I have made a servant of me.

Now what is should be warm

And full of the light of Your truth,

Has become a cold, hard, and dark

Lump of stone within me.

What is supposed to be there

Has been covered up,

Layer upon layer of solid stone.

No longer is my heart recognizable.

Then You reveal your truth to me.

That the only way to live

Is to live a life according to Your Law

To worship only you, my creator.

But woe is me, I am unable.

All of these layers I have built up

Keep me from acting on the truth.

Keep me centered on myself.

My reality brings despair:

To live, I must do what I cannot.

I cannot live the way I am told.

What will become of me?

I cry out to my God.

I am full of sin and iniquity.

Save me, you must.

No one else is able.

And He answers my call,

By becoming one of us.

He faces all that I do,

But His heart is nothing like stone.

If anyone ever deserved to live,

It is the Christ. He did all that was right.

But instead, He gave Himself up,

For me, and my stone heart.

The Sacrifice of the one who,

Without blemish, did right,

Is the price for myself,

Who only did wrong.

Now God has provided the way

So that I may live;

Live according to the truth.

And have a life that reflects my purpose.

Through my faith in this truth,

That God had to provide the way,

The blood of Christ pours over my stone heart,

And inscribes His law on it.

Now through this inscription,

I have become able.

Able to serve the one God,

My creator, and my redeemer.

Now I live my life

According to His truth.

Full of thankfulness

For what He did to my stone heart.