Transforming Sin to Purity

Here is a poem based on that powerful scriptural image of transformation from sin to purity.

The Alchemy of Grace

Transform me, Lord, from crimson red, The deep and stubborn stain of all I've done and said. This hue of guilt,this shade of shame, That speaks my failure,cries my name.

But Your word speaks a miracle, a dyer's art, A promise that can cleanse the most defiant heart: "Though your sins are like scarlet,"Your prophecy reads, "They shall be as white as snow,"as the wool of the lambs You lead.

Not by my scrubbing, my weary, futile fight, Can I ever turn this darkness into light. This is an alchemy only You can perform, A shelter for my soul within redemption's storm.

So apply the hyssop of Your mercy, let it pour, The cleansing flood from Calvary's core. Let the tide of grace,in its power and its breadth, Wash over me,this soul once red as death.

Make me whiter than the winter's purest snow, A field of forgiveness where new life can grow. A soul bleached clean by love's own precious blood, Restored,renewed, and reconciled to God.

And let this white not be a blank, an empty space, But a radiant canvas for Your mercy and Your grace. So all may see the change Your hand has wrought, A miracle of purity,so dearly bought.