CAROLs CONTEMPLATIONS: Gentle Cleansing

Watching the sea today

As it washed along the rocks

As time after time

The waves broke over the rocks

With a power that was both gentle and strong

I saw a process of change

And renewing.

 

As water poured into a rock pool

And then retreated

The pool remained

But the water was fresh

Clean

Renewed.

 

God’s Holy Spirit cleanses in the same way

As the wound is open

The Spirit of God can move in

Gently

Almost indiscernibly

And washes out the hurt and pain

Bit by bit

Gently

Strongly

Filling with the Spirit of God

Cleansing out the pain and hurt

Then slowly

And more and more discernibly

The hurt and pain are no more

But distant memories

For the old has gone

And the new has come

Refreshed

Clean

Renewed

Alive