Possession vs. Obsession
In this distinction we see the basic difference between the new and old covenant.
Under law we can none but obsess;
Under grace we can none but possess.
And yet, under law the world grinds on. Waiting long for some appointed rest...
But will it come?
OBSESSION
Ah, rest from the law! To rest from the obsession for life in its fullness; harmony with animals, plants, spouses and waistlines, bosses, the weather, retirement, death.
We each obsess to no longer obsess. We each attempt to outrun our own sinful momentum leading to death and hell.
"But will my will exist in darkness?
Is my calm toward death a guilty bribe, inviting any judge by passive grit to quit, acquit, or right resist my just desserts?
And out of time with all my feeble frame,
the task is burned in two, refusing song in lover's tune. Instead of grasping after soon, the brute offended lands by crime the hasty throe."
POSSESSION
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In this distinction we see the basic difference between the new and old covenant.
Under law we can none but obsess;
Under grace we can none but possess.
And yet, under law the world grinds on. Waiting long for some appointed rest...
But will it come?
OBSESSION
Ah, rest from the law! To rest from the obsession for life in its fullness; harmony with animals, plants, spouses and waistlines, bosses, the weather, retirement, death.
We each obsess to no longer obsess. We each attempt to outrun our own sinful momentum leading to death and hell.
"But will my will exist in darkness?
Is my calm toward death a guilty bribe, inviting any judge by passive grit to quit, acquit, or right resist my just desserts?
And out of time with all my feeble frame,
the task is burned in two, refusing song in lover's tune. Instead of grasping after soon, the brute offended lands by crime the hasty throe."
POSSESSION
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