Loyalty

by beauty from ashes   Apr 26, 2013


There was a day I had a choice to say yes.
A choice that would forever change my life - it changed my heart.
Geater than the day I'd say "I do"; greater than the day i breathed my first breath.
I was born again! I chose to say "Yes, LORD."

When did it become okaynto take my life back?
After all He did for me, after how He loved me through darkest times?
Tell me, when did it become okaybto fit Him into my box?
He held my broken life in His precious hands,
making something beautiful out of misshapen clay.

I told Him no. Told Him I had it all planned.
Took control of a life no longer mine, and shoved His unending
grace and love aside. Yet He never stopped loving me.

He took me gently by the hand, led my heart to His still waters.
Made me look at my reflection, then showed me what true love is.

I came back to Him, my heart aching for His presence, His peace.
I saw all the time wasted, footprints on wary paths.
Crushed, I crawled back to Him.
I thought it would be a long way to go, but there He was,
Right beside me.

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  • 11 years ago

    by Britt

    You are truly gifted in the way you that you hit topics of something every Christian/spiritual person can relate to... this is definitely one of those moments. We may abandon Him, but He never abandons us.. and when we realize that, it's almost an "ah-ha" moment. I love the part about fitting Him into a box. It's hard to imagine just how BIG God is..

    I love the title, too. This is really just a beautiful poem!

  • 11 years ago

    by Marcy Lewis

    This gives me chills. I know that sometimes we can stray from God when we think that our ideas are better than his - which is always a stupid idea. That desperation that you captured to claw your way back to Jesus, and the cut-short feeling because he was already there was totally beautiful.

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