Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.
Hosea 6:3
I took some time to wonder
Where my life just might have gone
Had I left my soul asunder,
Had I never seen the dawn.
I'd be on an endless journey
All to glorify my own,
Always restless, always searching,
Always desperate to be known.
My days would end in naming
All the errors of my ways.
Then I'd walk the road of shaming
When there could have been such grace.
My soul would cry a hollow cry
My heart would ache for peace.
And never would I satisfy
No, never would I ease.
My feet would wander aimlessly
A journey without joy.
I'd listen to the voices
That would seek, kill and destroy.
I would hold onto the secrets
that had kept my spirit dark,
Rejecting light and freedom
Where there longed to be a spark.
No hope could be my anchor,
No pain could I release.
Forgiveness just a shadow
That I'd lock myself beneath.
Yet none of this is true for me.
For surely, I have won.
My path, my truth, and life is in
The Father, Spirit, Son.
Yes, I'm a new creation now,
My darkest days are gone.
And hope can rise within me
As a new day sees the dawn.
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