When we think about the brain, the
amygdala,
we figure we're all programmed from the start—
not like our Savior said, or the Apostle Paul.
we figure we're all programmed from the start—
not like our Savior said, or the Apostle Paul.
Paul said we’re free—true, we took
a fall
when we tried to put the oxe behind the cart
and learned too much about the amygdala,
when we tried to put the oxe behind the cart
and learned too much about the amygdala,
and our crops failed,
and our wine was gall,
and raising wine grapes was an interred art,
and it wasn’t actually the Apostle Paul
and raising wine grapes was an interred art,
and it wasn’t actually the Apostle Paul
but our Savior Himself who
said: Bathe, y'all,
in the blood that flows from my sin-cleansing heart—
my love has cancelled your amygdala!
in the blood that flows from my sin-cleansing heart—
my love has cancelled your amygdala!
So we heard and did, and tried
for small
changes, not big. We dwelt apart
and steered clear of our Savior (less ‘Postle Paul),
changes, not big. We dwelt apart
and steered clear of our Savior (less ‘Postle Paul),
till what came down like a blazing cannon ball,
bringing salvation-grape-juice—jars of it?
Not Mr. Lizard-Brain Amygdala,
but Jesus, on a hell-bound train named Saul.
bringing salvation-grape-juice—jars of it?
Not Mr. Lizard-Brain Amygdala,
but Jesus, on a hell-bound train named Saul.
