The Stripping Away

The fury of winter winds rip through the trees Stripping away dead branches and scurrying the leaves. It is a cleansing thing, this awesome, mighty wind As it blows through the countryside again and again. So like the Spirit of God in our lives Is the final conclusion at which I arrive. For does not the Spirit seek to blow clean Those places within us, to all others unseen ? So if we are wiling, He will have His way, Delivering us from the self life every day. But you must know, He will never stop there For you will inherit from Him things He longs to share. ( Things from Him out into the lives of others) Douglas L. Ace