Hi friends! Thank you for your patience as I continue to adjust to life with 2 lovely girls 🙂 From August, Lord willing, I will be back to regular posting. In the meantime, I wanted to share this poem I found on Precept Austin, as I was studying Proverbs 4. I hope this poem will help you think about guarding your own eyes, ears, mind and heart this weekend, and setting your gaze on Christ and the things above; enjoy!
Oh, the eyes, the soul’s clear gate,
Through which desires infiltrate.
A fleeting glance, a subtle snare,
Can lead the heart to dark despair.
Guard your gaze, let virtue reign,
Turn from sights that lead to pain.
For what you see can plant a seed,
Of either joy or sinful greed.
If your eye should tempt your heart,
To stray from truth, to sin’s dark art,
Pluck it out, the Saviour pleads,
Lest it guide to hell’s dire deeds.
The cost of purity may seem steep,
To shield your soul, the watch must keep.
But better the sacrifice today,
Than lose eternity’s bright ray.
Fix your eyes on what is pure,
On heaven’s treasures that endure.
Let light, not darkness, fill your sight,
And lead you to the path of right.
For through the gate of guarded view,
Flows life that’s holy, just, and true.
So guard it well, this sacred door,
And find His peace forevermore.
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