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I asked God to take away my pride, And God said, "No." He said it was not for Him to take away, But for me to give up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole, And God said, "No." He said her spirit is whole. Her body is only temporary. I asked God to grant me patience, And God said, "No." He said patience is a by-product of tribulation. It isn't granted, it is earned. I asked God to give me happiness, And God said, "No." He said He gives blessings, Happiness is up to me. I asked God to spare me pain, And God said "No." He said, "Suffering draws you apart from Worldly cares and brings you closer to Me." Iasked God to make my spirit grow, And God said, "No." He said I must grow on my own, But He will prune me to make it fruitful. I asked God if He loved me, And God said, "Yes." He gave me His only son, who died for me. And I will be in Heaven someday Because...I believe. I asked God to help me love others As much as He loves me, And God said, "Ah finally, you have the idea." |
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I pour out my heart and soul with a thought that words can't express; Yet my feeble words fall on deaf ears and hard hearts. How do I teach what goes against everything everybody knows? How does an inperfect man of God preach perfect Love? Preaching requires a strength which no man should possess, yet some do; Or do they. What is it in man that he should change the world, After all man is guilty for what we have become. We allowed ourselves to be deceived by Satan. We feed upon control. It is the foundation of our cities and cultures, But our illusions are narcotics for the brain because the truth is hard too bear. The narcotic of control allows us to escape reality and believe that we are gods. The truth is man can't control anything not even himself. Inside I fight a losing battle. I do what I despise and abhor. The truth be known, I can't change the world or myself. So I surrender all that I am to Jesus. It is no longer I that live, but Him. By the grace of God I am what I was not, because the great I AM is in control. Now I will preach everyday of my life, knowing nothing but Christ and Him crucified. In the end after I've turned the world right side up for Jesus I realized that, That I've done nothing but Christ did it through me. It all started when Jesus gently whispered, "You must die to yourself and be alive to me before you can really live." No man can go to heaven, but I am not a man because I've put on Christ. Christ is not a part of my life, but my life is a part of Christ. |
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