Heartrending

In the days of desolation

Our needs are evident

In the days of lamentation

The righteous will repent

The light that God is sending

Breaks up the darkness deep

Convicting and heart rending

It wakes us from our sleep

We rid our rooms of leaven

Revealed now in the light

The majesty of heaven

Breaks on our dawning sight 

True faith will make us humble

Once we see the light of day

The shadows where we stumble

All disperse to show God’s way

Religion is all the more vain

Without  true godliness

But Truth will make the lies plain

And grant us holiness

Then secret grief  becomes real

And in the soul is proved

When our Sin is revealed

Then the mind and heart are moved.

The Spirit works in our souls

And purges out our Sin

And by His grace Christ consoles

And the victory we win.

Once the dying Savior’s voice

Rent the rocks and conquered hell

So in His Word we can rejoice

For He will rend our hearts as well!

Joel 2:13

December 18, 2021

Anthony Foster