REDAMANCY
[1]
A rebel I was towards you,
Bound to my fallenness.
Walls I did build around me
To protect my insecurities
Which continually fed on my peace.
And like a fallen tree,
Down I laid, rotting and decaying.
[2]
I was dead to the things of You;
Continually assailing against You
With these fragile fists of mine.
My heart felt no beat,
And my spirit, no longer, could I even know.
[3]
Albeit You came after me
Through the thick darkness of the night.
You found me caught up in thorns,
Yet looked upon me with gladness
Loved I, the loveless,
That I might be made lovely
[4]
My heart, for once, pulsated that very night
And you gave me a new spirit,
Your very own Spirit,
To abide with me forever.
Oh, what better gift
Could I ever receive than your very self?
I, a ‘kainos’ creature now,
Behold all things are new.
[5]
And now, unto you who’ve shown me
Such great mercy and greater love
What can I offer back to you, my Redeemer?
How can I repay this debt?
What is my life even worth
What better endeavor
Than to pour out my remaining years
As a gratitude offering unto You?
[6]
To have Your mind,
What are Your thoughts?
To bring You an offering that is of worth;
What tickles You?
To love you back;
What do you love, O lover of my soul?
PS: Redamancy [n] [English]
The act of loving the one that loves you; a love returned in full
From the New Latin redamantia, From the Classical Latin redamo (“I requite love”, transitive verb); the act of loving in return.
1 John 14:19 (NKJV) We love him because he first loved us
