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A man near the 10 cities
Was mad and bound in chains
He could break all of his bonds
But never his sin's stains
The Gerasenes was home to him
But he was still outcast
He cut himself with stones
He had a madman's caste
No one would come near him
For fear he'd take their life
He was stong & terrible
But naked and in strife
Due to his insanity
The stones became a knife
Jesus must have known
This man was in great need
He decided to travel there
So that prisoner could be freed
Seeing him the Madman ran
To confront Him there
The demons in him knew their time
Was up... and they despaired
"Please let us go" they said aloud
"Into the heard of swine!
Please do not send us far away
For it is not our time!"
"What is your name?" Jesus asked
And this was very wise
They could never lie to Him...
"LEGION!" They replied
"We are very many..."
And that was truth back then
A legion of footsoldiers
Was at least 4000 men
So Jesus sent them to the pigs
And there they entered in
The swine ran into water
And, of course, they could not swim
The people of the region
Were told by the swineherds
Of all that had just happened
They ran and spread the word
They went up to Jesus
And found the man reclined
Sitting clothed & normal
He was in his right mind!
"Please leave our coasts!" They shouted
"We want no trouble here!"
They were all excited
And some were in great fear
"Please allow me to come with you!"
No wish to be alone...
The now-normal madman
Was then told to return home.
Is Jesus' arm now shortened?
Or can He Heal and Save?
Can he make deliverance
For those now so depraved?
If that man named "Legion"
Could be healed at last
Perhaps you could be also
No matter what your past!
Ask him to deliver you
You can make a start
He can come to help and Save
And finally heal your heart!
SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/25/2016
I have been noticing a lot of writing about cutting and self harm. And a lot of writing about demonic subjects. Actually the two things go hand-in-hand. Please consider this story from the Bible. It is located in The Book of Mark chapter 5. I saw an interview with a lady who had been a cutter. She asked Jesus to help her. She had read the story of the man named Legion. She really related to it... And asked Jesus into her heart to help her. She is now married with two children. AND NO LONGER CUTS!