Martyrs

To repent, does not mean to get back up again and walk along. It is a state of being, a perpetual cry of “Be it unto me according to thy world.” It is a submission that expects nothing, or rather, can bank on nothing, a submission that says “yes!” before I have heard the reply. The submission that is surprised when what comes from above is “I love you.”

Whether he slay me or preserve me, “Blessed be the NAME of the LORD.”

And this response, when heard completely, will not include a rising up and walking away. Instead, it elicits joy beyond measure, uncompromising loyalty, outpouring love, and a staying there at His feet.
“Broken and spilled out, just for love of you Jesus.
In sweet abandon let me be spilled out and used up for thee.”