Unlocked
While walking in the moisture of the early morning dew
I happened to be captured by a fragrance I came to
The fragrance of a flower that hung there upon the tree
Delightful in its fragrance God had placed there just for me
And as I thought upon it how this fragrance was unleashed
To spread beyond it boundary enveloped in the leaves
I thought of how familiar other fragrances I'd found
Could speak to the environment as they too were unbound
From all the different flowers God has placed upon the earth
Though not at all as brilliant as they were at their first birth
When from the hand of Jesus their Creator they were born
Into a perfect garden til by sin they too were torn
From all of its perfection with that mighty Tree of Life
That fed in perpetuity the gardener and his wife
Until by their presumption and rebellion toward our God
They started down the path of death upon which all must trod
But even though they felt the curse that drove them from that Tree
The curse that brought the pall of death to even you and me
God still preserved the blessings that they knew in Paradise
When He preserved the flowers that delight the viewer's eyes
And more than just the beauty He unlocked the fragrance too
To be an illustration of what you and I should do
To share before the world the best that He's made us to be
As well as all the fragrances that others cannot see
The fragrances of passion for the work of saving souls
That's driven by compassion that desires to make them whole
Reflective of the person God's created us to be
That one day will be with Him to live for eternity
And also of respecting what God placed in those we meet
Appreciating all the gifts that brought them to His feet
The gifts of tribulation and the trials of their past
That will place them much closer to His perfect throne at last
Where we just like those fragrances that thrill our senses here
Will sing and shout the glory for the One we hold most dear
The One Who still saw beauty in the souls of those He saved
Who will again be perfect when He brings them from the grave
Song of Solomon 2:10-13; Psalm 103:8-22
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