Sight-Walk
Sodom tells a story
That’s secreted in each heart
A tale of seeds laid buried
Right from life’s very start
Seeds planted, oh, so subtly
By the prince from Darkness’ realm
Lay hidden in clay chambers
Where sight faith would overwhelm
Sight reaches for a garden
That’s shadowed in this land
And when we reach to grasp it
It falls like grains of sand
But the Prince of Darkness is clever
His fruit wears a bright disguise
That covers up its darkness
Save to the very wise
The wise who’ve learned by faith to walk
While they sojourn here on earth
Whose eyes gaze ever heavenward
Embracing fully their new birth
They’ve heard the Savior beckon
Turned their ear to Grace’s call
Rejecting seeds of sight-walk
Planted deep in Eden’s fall
To clearer see the story
Turn your eyes to Lot’s sad tale
For all throughout its pages
We see sight will always fail
Drawn to Sodom’s gardens
To the ease within its walls
Lot led his precious family
Listening to its pleasing call
He thought he could reside there
Staying separate from its filth
But soon they enjoyed its comfort
Were enchanted by its wealth
Though righteous Lot rejected
The moral darkness of that land
His heart-soil bore its hidden seeds
Till no longer could he stand
His heart was torn and shattered
By all that he did see
While residing in that darkened land
Where he was never meant to be
But when judgment on that land did come
And the angels came to tell
They had to take him by the hand
Before the fire finally fell
Lot’s wife in heart could not depart
The realm that long had been her home
And Lot and his two daughters
To a mountain cave would finally roam
The evil deeds done in that place
Were birthed in Sodom’s sod
For in the heart-soil of his girls
There was no room for God
A happy ending to this story
Will not on earth be found
Where sight-walk seeds are planted
And find a fertile ground
We’re called to walk by faith each day
As we journey here below
To reject the sight-walk seeds
That Sodom would try to sow
Abraham learned the answer
As each day he sojourned here
To keep his eyes turned heavenward
To God’s heart to tune his ear
There’s a lesson in this tale
Of righteousness to learn
To walk by faith throughout each day
And sight-walk firmly spurn
[reflection on Genesis 19]
© January 8, 2005
DeAnna L. Brooks
That’s secreted in each heart
A tale of seeds laid buried
Right from life’s very start
Seeds planted, oh, so subtly
By the prince from Darkness’ realm
Lay hidden in clay chambers
Where sight faith would overwhelm
Sight reaches for a garden
That’s shadowed in this land
And when we reach to grasp it
It falls like grains of sand
But the Prince of Darkness is clever
His fruit wears a bright disguise
That covers up its darkness
Save to the very wise
The wise who’ve learned by faith to walk
While they sojourn here on earth
Whose eyes gaze ever heavenward
Embracing fully their new birth
They’ve heard the Savior beckon
Turned their ear to Grace’s call
Rejecting seeds of sight-walk
Planted deep in Eden’s fall
To clearer see the story
Turn your eyes to Lot’s sad tale
For all throughout its pages
We see sight will always fail
Drawn to Sodom’s gardens
To the ease within its walls
Lot led his precious family
Listening to its pleasing call
He thought he could reside there
Staying separate from its filth
But soon they enjoyed its comfort
Were enchanted by its wealth
Though righteous Lot rejected
The moral darkness of that land
His heart-soil bore its hidden seeds
Till no longer could he stand
His heart was torn and shattered
By all that he did see
While residing in that darkened land
Where he was never meant to be
But when judgment on that land did come
And the angels came to tell
They had to take him by the hand
Before the fire finally fell
Lot’s wife in heart could not depart
The realm that long had been her home
And Lot and his two daughters
To a mountain cave would finally roam
The evil deeds done in that place
Were birthed in Sodom’s sod
For in the heart-soil of his girls
There was no room for God
A happy ending to this story
Will not on earth be found
Where sight-walk seeds are planted
And find a fertile ground
We’re called to walk by faith each day
As we journey here below
To reject the sight-walk seeds
That Sodom would try to sow
Abraham learned the answer
As each day he sojourned here
To keep his eyes turned heavenward
To God’s heart to tune his ear
There’s a lesson in this tale
Of righteousness to learn
To walk by faith throughout each day
And sight-walk firmly spurn
[reflection on Genesis 19]
© January 8, 2005
DeAnna L. Brooks
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