Torching all my Idols
“Torching all my idols, burning them one by one.
Bleeding over the ashes, asking what is it I have done?
The job that looked so promising, the life I wanted to live,
All came pressing in on me, so I torch them one by one.
That toy I always wanted, the book I just must have,
all account for nothing, my soul is all that costs.
Today I cast my idols, I burn them one by one.
I ask the Lord to take them as I name them one by one.
As the idols fade away, there are some that I still I can not see,
Jesus says “I got this one”, and then he bleeds and dies for me.”
(c) 2009 Carl Holmes
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These sorts of things always make me wonder which idols I can’t see. Which assumptions I’m not aware of. Which traditions I treat like they are holy writ.
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I love the rhythm. And the simplicity of the message. Sometimes I can’t see the forest for the trees, and need these reminders.
Carl, this is powerful. Your closing line is perfect completion. As I was reading the first part I was thinking “but what about the idols that I am not even aware of?”, and then you answered my doubt and reminded me that justification by faith alone saves.
nice!!
I liked the rythem of these words and the loving end :0)