A Contrite Spirit
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By Christine Tate
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A Contrite Spirit
Curb our tongues from speaking
Turn us inside out Lord
Shake all that isn't rooted
We offer You imperfect
Sacrifice You do not seek, |
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Submitted: Monday, July 30, 2012
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
About the Poet
Christian since 1973, widowed in 2007, but by the divine appt. of God, I married a wonderful, godly widower in Oct. 2010. Three grown, married sons and eight grandchildren. My first love is Jesus who inspires my pen, for apart from Him I can do nothing! I desire to honor the Lord and edify readers thru poetry He inspires.
Other Poems by Christine Tate
- Beautiful October
- Despite What Comes
- Human Flaws
- Wrong Direction
- A Beautiful Place
- A Bit of Heaven
- A Child At Heart
- A Christmas Prayer
- A Contrite Spirit
- A Joyful Song
- A Little Observation
- A Loving Bond
- A Measure Given
- A Moth to the Flame
- A Prayer Away
- A Puzzle Taking Shape
- A Reflection
- A Servant
- A Small Member
- A Time for Everything
- A Tribute to Mother
- A Wise Man
- Abiding
- Ablaze with Praise
- Accountable to Him
- Acts of Charity
- Adorned in Pink
- Affairs of Men
- After the Rain
- All I Need
- All Sufficient
- All Thru the Year
- Always
- Always in His Care
- Anchored in Truth
- Ancient of Days
- Another Me
- Another New Year
- Another Year
- Arise from Slumber
- Army of Believers
- As a Matter of Fact
- As For Me and My House
- Assurance
- Astonishing
- At His Post
- At the Cross
- At the End
- Atonement
- Audience of One
- Author's Pen
- Autumn
- Autumn Arbor
- Autumn Memories
- Autumn Time
- Banished
- Be a Good Servant
- Be Assured
- Be Glad That You Are You
- Be Not Alarmed
- Be Not Dismayed
- Be Not Tossed To and Fro
- Beams of Joy
- Beaneath God's Canopy
- Becoming More Like Jesus
- Before the Victory
- Before You Begin
- Beguiled
- Believe and Expect
- Bells and Whistles
- Beloved Son of God
- Beneficial Treat
- Benevolent Father
- Benevolent Savior
- Bide Your Time
- Billows of Love
- Bitter Cup
- Blazing the Trail
- Blessed Solitude
- Blunders
- Boast of the Lord
- Bountiful Blessings
- Bouquet of Love
- Bread of Life
- Brush Strokes of Sorrow
- But a Vapor
- By God's Hand
- By Our Love
- Call Dr. Jesus
- Calliope
- Cardboard World
- Carry On
- Carrying Our Cross
- Cast Your Net
- Changes
- Chasers
- Cheer Up
- Chicanery
- Chitter Chatter
- Choose You This Day
- Choose You This Day
- Choosing to Die
- Chores
- Christ is Here to Stay
- Christ's Image
- Christmas Bling
- Christmas Trappings
- Cleansing Blood
- Clinging to the Vine
- Color Your Day
- Come By Faith
- Come To Jesus
- Comforter and Counselor
- Comforting News
- Compassion
- Composure
- Conformed and Transformed
- Contented Sheep
- Contrasts
- Copious Showers
- Count the Cost
- Cradled and Embraced
- Dancing
- Dare to Trust
- Darkness to Light
- Day of Reckoning
- Deadly Roots
- Dear Father
- Delays
- Deluge and Drought
- Depending on the King
- Despite the News
- Dialogue with Jesus
- Disengaged
- Distractions
- Don't Help the Rescuer
- Don't Look Back
- Eligible for Eternity
- Emancipated
- Equipped
- Equipped to Overcome
- Eternal Connection
- Examine Your Heart
- Extra Baggage
- Face to Face
- Face Your Goliath
- Facing Daily Life
- Faint Not
- Fair Weather Faith
- Fall Haiku
- Fashioning You
- Father God
- Faux
- Fear or Faith
- Feast or Famine
- Fellowship with Jesus
- Fight The Good Fight
- Fight the Good Fight
- Fireflies
- Firm in Christ
- Firmly Planted
- Flap Your Wings
- Fleshpots
- Flowers and Thorns
- Follow the Son
- For God's Delight
- For God's Glory
- For Him I Live
- Forever Mindful
- Forever Near
- Forevermore
- Forget Not the Cross
- Forgive Them Lord
- Fragrance Divine
- Freed from Captivity
- From Beginning to End
- From His Dwelling Place
- From the Heart (WC poem)
- From Wicked Pods
- Gethsemane
- Gift of Redemption
- Give Cheerfully
- Give Thanks
- Glorious Majesty
- Glorious Splendor
- God Asks Who
- God Cares About You
- God to the Rescue
- God's Basket
- God's Grace
- God's Hand
- God's Holy Son
- God's Imprint
- God's Planet Earth
- God's Searchlight
- God's Serenade of Love
- God's Stream
- Golden Staircase
- Golgatha
- Good Intentions
- Good Tidings
- Good Times or Bad
- Gossip
- Grace
- Grateful and Blessed
- Great and Mighty God
- Great and Mighty God
- Great Mercy
- Grooming
- Guide Our Senses
- Haiku for You
- Hang On
- Hang on Tight
- Happily Everafter
- Happy Is the Heart
- Hark
- Have You Been to Calvary
- He Did It for Us
- He Identifies
- He Kindled the Fire
- He Loves Me
- He Sustains Me
- He's in Charge
- Head to Toe
- Hear Your Children
- Hearers and Doers
- Heartfelt Joy
- Hearth of Love
- Hearts of Stone
- Heaven Bound
- Heaven Shall Rejoice
- Heaven's Grand Buffet
- Heaven's Healing Balm
- Heavenly Thoughts
- Her Brazen Performance
- Here and Now
- Hidden in Christ
- His Love for Me
- His Name Is Jesus Christ
- His Warm Embrace
- Homesick
- Hope Burns Within
- House of Clay
- Housebound
- Hummingbird and Honeybee
- I Pledge Allegiance
- I Strongly Disagree
- If Trees Could Talk
- Image
- Imitators
- Impoverished
- In a Manger
- In Christ
- In Disguise
- In the Arms of Jesus
- In the Hall of Midnight Mirth
- In the Hands of God
- In the Hollow of God's Hand
- In the Night
- In the Nik of Time
- In the Shadow of God's Hand
- In The Storm
- In the Valley
- In Times Like This
- In Weakness
- Indelibly Etched
- Industrious
- Inner Renovation
- Inner Vacuum
- Inside Out
- Into Everyone's Life
- Introduced to God's Son
- Is There Time
- It Doesn't Make Sense
- Jehovah Jireh
- Jesus Hit a Nerve
- Jesus Hug
- Jesus in the Center
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- Jesus on Display
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- Jesus the Rock
- Jesus Will Be with You
- Jesus,the One Who Died for Me
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- Joyful Hearts
- Laboring in the Fields
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- Lamplights
- Lasting Peace
- Legacy
- Lemonade
- Less of Me
- Lest We Forget
- Let Go
- Let the Bells Chime
- Liberty
- Life Has Meaning
- Life's Rollercoaster Ride
- Life's Tapestry
- Lifeguard
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- Like Morning Dew
- Like No Other
- Linger
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- Loose the Shackles
- Lord and Master
- Losing Your Chance
- Love in Bloom
- Love Legacy
- Love Story
- Lovelier
- Lukewarm
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- March On
- Mary and Martha
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- Maybe Later
- Merry Christmas Everyone
- Message in Red
- Messiah
- Mimics
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- More Than a Cover
- Most of All
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- My God Is Bigger
- My Heart's Delight
- My Soul Dwells at Ease
- Naked before His Eyes
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- Nature's Beauty
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- New Life
- New Year Broken Promises
- Nip It
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- No Trespassing
- No Wiggle Room
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- None Like Unto You
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- Not My Will but Thine
- Not without a Price
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- O Restless Heart
- October on the Coast
- On the Other Side
- Once You Know
- One
- One Ordinary Day
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- Only You Lord Can
- Open Book
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- Our Master's Workshop
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- Our Substitute
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- Passage To Eternity
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- Peace of Mind
- Peaceful Rendezvous
- Pearls
- Pedestal
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- Persevere
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- Poetic Words
- Polished Stones
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- Press On
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- Props
- Provision
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- Pure Delight
- Radical
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- Remember Them
- Reminded
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- Resolution
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- Rise and Shine
- Rise Up
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- Safe or Sorry
- Said the Foot to the Eye
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- Shiny Things
- Show Them
- Shroud of Darkness
- Sifted
- Silent Autumn
- Silver Lining
- Simple Truths
- Sin Inspector
- Sing a Song
- Sink or Float
- Spiritual Freedom
- Spying
- Stay In Your Lane
- Step by Step
- Stolen Hope
- Strangely Dim
- Stretch Your Faith
- Strong Delusion
- Stubborn Mule
- Submitted
- Sufficient Grace
- Summertime
- Sunset Sunrise
- Sunshine and Hope
- Sup with Jesus
- Surpasses Every Human Thrill
- Sustained by Thee
- Sweet Melody
- Sweet Repose
- Swept Away
- Take Nothing for Granted
- Temple of the Lord
- Temporal Trophies
- Temptation
- Thank You Lord, Thank You
- The Archer
- The Author
- The Best Resolution
- The Best Reward
- The Brass Ring
- The Canary and the Starling
- The Dark Tunnel
- The Diligent Farmer
- The Dream
- The Eagle
- The End of Your Rope
- The Faithful Guide
- The Farmer
- The Gardener
- The Glory of God
- The Great Deluge
- The Greatest Gift
- The Greatest Gift
- The King and I
- The Light
- The Lord I Adore
- The Lord is My Shepherd
- The Lord Is Worthy
- The Lord Knows Our Future
- The Ocean So Grand
- The One Who Is Leading
- The Perpetual Light
- The Primrose Path
- The Real Christmas Story
- The Shepherd
- The Sweet Life
- The Sweet Life
- The Timeless One
- The Treadmill
- The Victorious Life
- They Will Perish
- This Grateful Child
- Thorns and Roses
- Thorns and Victory
- Three in One
- Through It All
- Thru a Keyhole
- Thru Good and Bad
- Thru the Lens of Love
- To My Surprise
- Today's Manna
- Tossed To and Fro
- Transparency
- Treasure Trove
- Treasury of God
- Tribute to Que
- True Disciples
- True Freedom
- True Love
- Trust in Jesus
- Tug of War
- Turning the Page
- Twists and Turns
- Two Fall Haiku
- Two Roads
- Two Stories
- Two Wise Guys
- Unblemished Lamb
- Under God's Umbrella
- Unexpected Blessings
- Unto Us a Savior
- Unwrap the Gifts
- Unwrap The Gifts
- Vagabond Soul
- Velvet Covered Steel
- Waiting
- Waste Not Time
- Waterfall of Love
- We Follow Jesus Christ
- We're Never Alone
- We're Never Alone
- Welcome Springtime
- Wellspring
- What Do We Expect
- What Is the Solution
- What it's all About
- What Makes a Man
- What the World Needs
- What We Don't Need
- What Would I Do
- What Would I Have Done
- What Would Jesus Say
- When and Why
- When Nothing Is Going Our Way
- When We're Hidden in Christ
- When Words Are Few
- Where Do You Turn
- Who Is like Our God
- Who is this Man
- Will You Still Believe
- Willingly for Us
- Wings of Time
- Winter's Recital
- Wintertime
- Wisdom is Her Name
- Wise but Worthless
- With Gladness
- Wondering What God Thinks
- Worth More Than Gold
- Worth Repeating
- Wrapped in God's Love
- Wrapped in Love
- Written in Blood
- Yielded
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- Your Little Gem
- Your Pillar
- Your Ticket is Waiting
- Your Will Shall Prevail
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