TABERNACLE LAMPS WITHIN THE HEART

 

Tabernacle lamps within the heart

Long years the blind man walked without sight,

Without the dawn, without the light;

He knew no colour, shape, nor flame,

And few would pause to ask his name.

Beside the road in grief he stayed,

While seasons passed and sunlight played;

Yet through the dark his heart still cried,

For mercy none on earth supplied.

Then Jesus came with healing plan,

He looked with pity on the man;

He spat upon the dusty ground,

Holy healing there was found.

The clay He placed on sightless eyes,

Beneath wide Judean skies;

“Go wash,” the blessed Saviour said,

Hopeful thought filled the blind man's head.

He washed within the waters clear,

Suddenly the world drew near;

The light burst forth in radiant streams,

Like morning shining through his dreams.

The first dear sight his eyes did see,

Was Christ in gentle majesty;

O what a Face of Love Divine,

What blessed Saviour, Lord, is mine!

So let us ask Christ every day,

To wash our inner dark away;

To heal the blindness of our soul,

That keeps our hearts from being whole.

When others hurt and silent weep,

Too often we pass by as if asleep.

Lord, give us eyes that see,

The pain of lost humanity.

Bring holy light into our mind,

Where fear and hidden shadows bind;

Shine through chambers of our heart,

Bid the blight of sin depart.

Then when at last to Heaven we rise,

With opened souls and opened eyes;

May holy lamps within us burn,

As our heart to Christ we turn.

Like the man once blind from birth,

Who saw God’s Light upon this earth;

May Heaven’s tabernacle flame,

Shine bright in souls who love Christ's Name.

JESUS HEALS THE BLIND MAN - JOHN CHAPTER 9

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