Jeremiah's fire

"But if I say,

'I will not mention him

or speak any more in his name,'

his word is in my heart like a fire,

a fire shut up in my bones.

I am weary of holding it in;

indeed, I cannot."

Jeremiah 20:9

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Jeremiah tell me about the fire

That burns up in your bones

I want to know

I want to know more now

The burning of ambition and desire

It never could come close

To that fire

To that fire

I was looking to myself

And I forgot the power of God

I was standing with a sparkler in my hand

While I stood so proud and profound

You came and burned this whole place down

Now that's a fire

I was caught up in this vice

And its power to entice

I was dwelling on my hopelessness and doubt

With the slightest invitation

You came with total detonation

Now that's a fire

I was warming my hands by this little light of mine

but now I know it's time

to come in from the cold

Fight fire with fire

fan the flame

come stir up these coals in my soul, in my soul

till it burns out of control

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(Jeremiah by Sara Groves,

from her The Other Side Of Something CD,

INO Records)