for Lamont


the night rain did fall 
upon my doubts and indecision
but
I believe in baptism by immersion
it is the symbolic
burial of my old nature
rising up in the newness of
life... a new creature

in my Lord


last night I prayed for
spiritual rain
for anointing
for healing
for cleansing

and as the rain
poured down upon
the stony places
of my heart

I removed my
garments of deceit
& my
shoes from off
my feet,


lifted up
my hands
to receive my strength
and my eyes
to receive my sight

all night long it rained
and I surrendered
my soul in the
whelming flood

made whole by the
restoration
of my mind
purified by the
power of
sanctification

yes

I believe in baptism
by immersion
it is the act of
obedience, a sign
of submission
and I arose reborn
in the newness of life
a new creature

in my Love