WINESKIN

O my soul

It is time now

To uncork

The old wineskin

And pour away

That which has gone sour

The ancient bitter

Wounding word

Offences given and received

Not yet fully forgiven

The tiny drops of resentment

Remaining

Resistance to life

Fear of love

Sediment of sorrow

All negative thought

And guilt

Time now

To cast aside

The stiffened leather

That can no longer hold

The New Wine of Christ

To peel away

The protective layers

Of over-ordered living

And like Mary

Be free-blown in the Spirit

And live like heaven

Has already come to me

And I to heaven

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Here we have an anchor for our soul, as sure as it is firm, and reaching right through beyond the veil where Jesus has entered before us and on our behalf (Hebrews 6)