great song . . .

it haunts me so
this gloomy weight
that comes and goes
without a trace
a thousand times my flesh embrace
a thousand more, but if for grace

to see the Lord, the promise land
wherein all sin's pearly gates look bland
and what was once a pearl, now sand
that blows away, that blows away
in light of Him

when battle lines become unclear
and the waging war is all I hear
Lord, sustain me with Your voice
and the choice to walk in truth

to see the Lord, the promised land
wherein all sin's pearly gates look bland
and what was once a pearl, now sand
that blows away, that blows away
in light of Him

that I might see this day
this waging war might go away
and be no more
that I might see His face
and hear Him say
son, welcome home
the war is over

to see the Lord, the promised land
wherein all sin's pearly gates look bland
and what was once a pearl, now sand
that blows away . . .
in light of HIM

waging war, clean ~shane and shane


"So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!" romans 7:21-25