Mariah of Magdala

Continuation of Part IV: FORGIVENESS Today Mariah of Magdala, It's written not only of you but of your enemies Do you discover Mariah of Magdala We are all alike In pitch dark, we hide our deeds Our hearts judges know each of our secret doing Yet we claim to be purer Easier than it has been to curse out another Mariah of Magdala! Not a stone crushed on you Did the earth swallow your accusers? Where did your accusers turn to? Were you in your own fear? Did you witness their impurity? Did the heavy hands find an emerging engagement? Oh, was there a hasty chase call? For they all left without conviction The pain of your suffering. Mariah of Magdala Understood by love The pain of your deprival, Mariah of Magdala Perceived by love, The weight of your burden Mariah of Magdala Lifted by grace Oh, Mariah of Magdala! How did it feel at His feet? At that stint of most horrific verve Your world stood still But full of space Being filled with divine love Pain translated to eternal joy Confusion met with a deeper understanding Suffering filled out with bliss Sorrow being afflicted to joyfulness Animosity met with peace, Lethargy killed with patience Kindness kissed away hostility Immorality bolted out with goodness Your treachery hid by faithfulness Oh, Mariah of Magdala! The true assurance of divine forgiveness Restoration for all portrayed through you The sweetness of meeting with Grace That manifests its purity to transgressors Secretly showing with love our errors, Lifting burdens of darkness, Showing best how to grace the renounced Giving the epitome price of forgiveness