My old man!

(Gleanings from the Inner Life of Ruth Bryan)

"that you put off, concerning your former conduct,
 the old man which is corrupt according to its deceitful
 lusts" Ephesians 4:22

I plainly see that neither my old man nor my new man
can be mended. The one is too bad — the other too good.

There is no patching or painting the old man to advantage;
it will still be "corrupt, according to its deceitful lusts."

The new man needs neither patching nor painting, for it is
"created in righteousness and true holiness." (Ephes. 4:24)

What is "born of the flesh is flesh" — and will act after its nature.
What is "born of the Spirit is spirit" — and will aspire to its source!