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The Cleansing of the Beating Heart by Tyrone Vincent Banks Friday, January 06, 2006 Rated "PG" by the Author. Share Print Save Become a Fan My New Years Resolution is to read the Bible from cover to cover, this has inspired me to write this "chain of thoughts."
The Cleansing of the Beating Heart �2006 Tyrone Vincent Banks Every journey begins with one step� I�m trying to get right I wish that I never learned the full arsenal of four letter words that I have mastered. But, I let those words into my heart and they do not wish to leave For some reason, they feel that they�re still needed To make me complete. I let impatience enter into my heart Just like my days in the Corps, everything has to move efficiently and quickly No one will be left behind and I�ll remove the weakness from your body Through pain and sweat � YOU WILL DO AS I SAY! �that too is a curse that I�ve passed on as my children lack a measure of patience at times, unfortunately, THEY DO WHAT I DO AND NOT WHAT I SAY� It was inevitable. The original sin The knowing of all things impure and evil The loosing of immortality The thorns about the ground The money that�s earned by the sweat of our brow The pain of childbirth�a few of many Because of man�s sin � the Ark floats in A second chance � a cleansing of humanity so that the chaff will separate from the seed and we are reborn� SIN What was sinful back in the day? So bad that God sent the waters to wash us away? Was it even close to the sin of the world after Christ�s sacrifice was duly noted and then forgotten by some? The dropping of bombs The releasing of the gas The rape of children The decapitations The betrayal of faith The corruption of the church The Slavery The lynching The dragging of the bodies behind a truck The impure thoughts totally submerged and saturated in sin My sin Your sin Our sin Begat sin� The Business to mind is our own, but� As a collective, we�re simply asking for it� The proverbial macho man in the wife-beater shirt Challenging others to �hit him in the bread basket.� Or daring you to �Knock a chip off of their shoulder�� The pushing of the envelope� in which we just have to see what is not truly ours, but we steam and gently tear open the envelope for a glance and before you know it � the contents is revealed. You don�t want HIM to hit you in the bread basket! You don�t want HIM to knock anything off of any part of your body His envelope has been tampered with and open The seal will be broken The word will be spoken All is REVEaLed AT the back of a book of the lIving wOrd�Next to the ChriStian heart. I admit my corruption I admit to my sin But if I can somehow cleanse those things from my beating heart, and then perhaps the waters will not return to cleanse it for me�I�ve only but started to ask for forgiveness for a lifetime of ignorance.
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Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green	1/7/2006

E x c e l l e n t. This will stay with me -- as it will with every other reader, I am sure -- because it reverberates with truth. Bless you! Phyllis




Reviewed by J M	1/7/2006

Tyrone, This is cleansing food for my soul. The journey is a long one and it takes dedication and faith to endure it the lessons within the Holy Bible guides us on the way. We learn from the beginning to the end. I want to thank you for this uplifting write. Joselyn




Reviewed by Regis Auffray	1/6/2006

I feel inadequate to add to Aberjhani's words. May your journey be a blessed one, Tyrone. Love and peace to you, Regis




Reviewed by Aberjhani	1/6/2006

A deep and powerful stream of spiritual consciousness that provides a courageous glimpse into one man's struggle to climb the higher peaks of his own soul. The spiritual energy is beautiful and the expressed determination admirable.