Sonnet- Prepare Thy Heart For God

Latch your heart's door 'fore Sin's burglar breaks in; Keep windows open for God's grace- Sunshine; Take cob-webs off and clean room-dust of sin; Set the table neat for the Lord to dine. Wash the floor, removing stains of misdeeds; Plug the wall's cracks and paint them with good thoughts; Fill the vase with flowers and Christ's bruised reeds; The Lord will change to wine, water in pots. Let fragrant air of atonement breeze through; Switch on the lights of wisdom that God gives; Let darkness eternal of sin not woo; For heart renewed is house wherein Lord lives! And fortify the walls with fortitude; And heed His Calls in prayerful solitude.