Chewed Up and Spit Out

Darkness surrounds us, but it does not own us,

Not anymore

It’s been swallowed up by Mercy and Grace.

It’s been chewed up and spit out

When he looked into the eyes

Of one who’d never heard a noise,

He spit in the face of the one who poisoned us. 

He breathed the sigh that opened the gates of heaven and set a man straight, "Ephphatha,"

A sensation of sound serenaded this sinner who suffered in a state of acoustic darkness

Mercy chewed up his affliction and Grace spit it out.

Darkness surrounds us, but it does not condemn us, not anyone

It’s been devoured by Hope and faith

It’s been chewed up and spit out

When he looked into the eyes

Of one who’d never see a sunrise,

He spit in the face of the one who blinded us

He wiped on mud that cleaned out the dirt stuck on the souls of men to set a man free, “Siloam”

A sensation of sight saturated this sinner who stumbled in a stupor of visual darkness.

Hope chewed up his infection and Faith spit it out

Darkness surrounds us, but it does not defeat us, not anymore

It’s been destroyed by Truth and Life

It’s been chewed up and spit out

When he looked into the face

Of the one who came to erase

The sons and daughters with lies and disgrace.

He made a public spectacle of just how weak his enemy’s greatest move was. “teleh'o ”

A symphony of spiritual song burst forth when sin seemingly succeeded but a resurrection set it in its place

Truth chewed up death and life spit out. 

Death has been swallowed up in victory

Oh death where is your victory?

Oh death where is your sting?