Paradigm Shift

Confessions, profound, claims of process, decreed

In order to give peace a chance, to be freed

I cannot control what had never been given

In the waiting room, manifests, the point to be driven

 

That God would so love this lost creature, reflected

Weighted by sin, desperate mortal, dejected

Cant ever repay what was conceived by birth

No payment, no offering, had value or worth

 

The life that was led, riddled pain, incomplete

Fear and anxiety, triumphant, replete

The future was grim, yet to hold and control

The hole was dug deeper, the abyss did unfold

 

The present day musings in full tragic display

I saw myself stricken in panic today

And all the while tending to plug all the holes

The hole that was in me was increasingly cold

 

The past held no laughter, in tatters and ruins

Whatever held love, torn apart by the union

Who could ever forgive what lay lost, yesteryear

Divided, the cost, draped in tragedy, tears

 

Who could console future, past,or the present

Who could forgive with such bitter resentment 

Who could make right with this terrible wrong

Who could come forward to be humble and strong 

 

Envision the beauty of God’s holy grace

In giving His Son at the cross, could erase

Offenses committed, forgiven, designed

By Christ’s sacrifice, His forgiveness, divine

 

I took hold of fear and set anxiety aside

Tired of anger, frustration and pride

And enter the peace, only God could provide

He told me He loved me, nothing left there to hide

 

I walk with Him daily, every moment I can

His love is for certain, from my fear, made a stand

To honor and praise Him, to give thanks and pray

Depend on Him solely, even when I would stray

 

Today, a new lesson, a paradigm shift

As God gave the message, my ears heard the gift

It isn’t what done, what great works are displayed

With with gratitude, attitude, love God every day