dedication of the homager

I met you once in the voice of another.
Drawn forth from the crowd,
I confessed your Name to others
and pledged a subjective allegiance to You because You had taken me (July 7, 2005).
I knew then, and I know now, that You are a Great King who will have and take what is rightly Yours. Then in fear and in love I came to You and knelt before the throne to recieve an apt grace because you placed my time of desperation upon me. The decision was made and my heart was cleansed. I loved, and love You still, though many lies have sought me out and ravaged the strength of my mind and soul. In those moments you came in order to bring bondage and freedom in Truth (in You).

I remember such wonderful Grace which turned me to You and girded me with a calling and a purpose (January 27, 2007). I remember again and unite myself to that which was given and to Him who gave it. I love You Lord!

I am enlivened in Christ's death, why then do I behave as if I can keep my life and love Yours all the same? For by You, we are sown in the earth in order to die and bear much fruit. Expurgate this man from the letters of the page.

Merciful Lord, my existence warrants Your destruction. I call forth Your wrath with every ungodly word spilling forth from my lips (my heart is an ignoble thing). But You give me reason to hope because Your patience is great and You love is from the foundation of the world. As I have been cleansed by Jesus, so let me live for Him. I place my paltry existence in Your hands; do with me as You will, Great King. I remember Your mercy and so I come and confess my sin. Now Lord, as You lived, so let me live. For I know well that no slave is greater than his Master. Amen.