From the inside out

[Ebony T. Johnson]

I can change my clothes- this outer wear.
I can’t change my mind and what’s in there.
I can’t change my heart; neither can I change my ways.
I can’t walk in Light while clinging to a dark place.

I can’t change the darkness.
I can’t change inside.
I can’t change what lies beneath.
Neither can I change this pride.

I can’t change the temperature.
I can’t change my seed.
I can’t change the root.
I can’t change my need.

I can not change my appetite.
My motives are of another source.
I can’t change my destiny.
I can’t change those around me who say, “Of course, of course.”

I can’t, I can’t I just can not…
Not without His Hand. Not without His Word.
Not without The Manual or without the Truth I’ve heard.

Not without His Spirit…Lord breathe on and in me, breathe on and in me.

He changes me from the inside out.
I can’t, but He can.
Realization is speaking, it is speaking to me. “With Him you can’t do without.
And you can’t change within- but He can.”

No make-up. A cover up- not change
No jewelry. A dress it up, but not change.
No lipstick to make lips look sweet. It sounds good, but no substance.
No, not even Vera Wang, and not that St. John.

No gloss for unbelievable shine- more brilliant lies to live by.
No tie to keep my own words-together. Does this match my?…
Transparent. Yes, naked and not ashamed.
There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed by the change of Truth…

Renew my mind for real Lord because
No, I can not change, but God can-from the inside out.

Ebony T. Johnson