Goodbye, Oh Thought

A Poem on Thoughts, the Mind, and the King of Both

A poem echoing the truths of 2 Corinthians 10:5 and Philippians 4:8.

May Christ be glorified.

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Hello, oh thought,
unwanted thought,
you want to stick,
but you cannot.

You try and try,
and try, you may,
but I must flick
you, thought, away.

For some thoughts,
when they enter in,
remind me not of
Christ, but sin—

of sin, and death,
and nothing true.
So I must do
away with you.

But though I flick
you from my brain,
I know in time
you’ll come again.

So I must often 
flick and flick
the sticky thoughts
away quite quick

Before they stick
and burrow in
their roots that
often bring forth sin.

And as I flick,
God gives me grace
to press on in
this messy race,

To flick away the
thoughts that kill,
so thoughts of life
have room to dwell.

Goodbye, oh thought,
unwanted thought,
you want to stick 
but you cannot.

So go, you must,
fly far away,
for even o’er
my mind, Christ reigns.

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Grace and peace,

Ali