Tag: Salvation

I am the one

I am the one who did not return to say “Thank You.”

I am the one who mocked in my ignorance

I am the one who spit in His face

I am the one who pulled out His beard

I am the one who scourged Him

I am the one who nailed Him to the cross

I am the one who gambled for His robe

I am the one who denied Him

I am the one who betrayed Him

Yet He did not judge but loved.

I am the one who sat at His feet and cried her tears of gratitude

I am the one who pressed through the crowd

I am the one who was to be stoned when caught in my disgrace

I am the one who was a blind beggar but now can see

I am the one at the well who was given ‘Living Water”

I am the one who was dead but now my mama cradles me

I am the one who was a lunatic but am now in my right mind

Because He did not judge but healed.

I am the one who knelt at an old-fashioned altar

And accepted Him as my Savior and Lord

I am the one who daily brings my love and offerings of praise

I am the one who is set free from my past

I am the one who  will not taste  God’s eternal wrath to come

I am the one who is His Bride

I am the one who will ride the ‘white horse’ across the skies of heaven

I am the one He died for on cruel Calvary

I am the one who believed John 3:16-‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’

I am the one who the Great I AM calls His Own

I am the one who is the beloved of the ‘Beloved’

Because He did not judge but saved.

 

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I Think I Might Know

I think I might know

But probably not with 

This flawed and fleshly mind

Just a little bit

How my Father must truly feel

When He gives His heart

To His lost and broken children

Yet, they ignore His tender call

I have cried out to my children

And the ones that I love

To please get right with God

Don’t make the same awful mistakes

That I have made in my life

Going down plenty of sin-filled roads

Trails of disobedience covering me

With the dust of my own shame

Some they know about and some they don’t

None of which I am the least bit proud

So point your fingers at me if you must

And declare to the world my sins

Call me a hypocrite or a holier-than-thou

I really do not care what you think

Even though you remember my wrongs

My Father has forgiven every one of them

I have been covered by the precious blood

That flowed from redemption’s cleansing cross

You will not make me ashamed or afraid to say

That Jesus Christ is my Lord, my Savior, and my King

So I think I might know

In this imperfect mama’s heart

Just a little bit

Of how my Father must truly feel

For the hurt in my heart is caused today

 By the family that I love so very much

Yet the ones who ignore me the most!

That is why Jesus would say so long ago 

“Father forgive them; for they know not what they do!”

 

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His Light

Cradled by the night

Alone with my thoughts

Yet darkness cannot consume me

The Light holds it at bay

“What Light?” you ask

‘His Light!” I say

Love that comes only from Jesus

Sweeps over me in waves of glory

Compassion abounds to me

His Truth bears the cross of time

Strengthens all who would come

“Follow Me!” says Truth

“I will show you the way

To find this miracle.”

“A new life of eternal hope

Built on the foundation of faith!”

I am surrounded by His unconditional love

And I am at peace. I have His Light

The Light of Jesus Christ!

 

 

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Me For Thee

You are in the garden all alone

Kneeling and praying by a stone

I see You there

I see Your pain

I feel my teardrops as the rain

OH! How it hurts for me to see!

What You went through

To save me for Thee!

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How Long?

How long will you torture yourself  inside

For things that have gone wrong?

How long, from Him, will you try to hide?

Oh, how long will you allow the thought

You’re not worth the try?

How long will your loved ones

Weep their mournful cries?

How long will you walk

The roads of hell this way?

Oh, how long before you

Finally kneel and pray?

How long until you listen to your heart?

How long will it take to ask

For a brand new start?

How Long? Oh! Wandering lost soul!

How long before you return to the fold?

How long will you blame God and others, too?

Oh, how long will you put off

The things you were meant to do?

How long will you stay so wrong, so wild?

Oh, how long before you realize,

To God, you are still His child!

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Gracious Words

Gracious words floating on the air

Caress the heart that has grown cold

Spoken with much love and care

Welcoming the young and the old

“Come unto Me and I will give you rest.”

“Mercy and Grace I will bestow.”

“My promises are always for your best.”

“Simply because I love you so.”

Listen dear people across this land

To the truthful Word He speaks

As He extends a nail-scared hand

To every precious soul He seeks.

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I—And YOU

I held out my hand to YOU

And YOU took it.

I cried out in pain to YOU

And YOU eased it.

I offered my empty heart to YOU

And YOU filled it.

I gave my love to YOU

And YOU embraced it.

I confessed my sin to YOU

And YOU forgave it.

I delivered my soul to YOU

And YOU saved it.

I handed my marriage to YOU

And YOU blessed it.

I sent up my thanks to YOU

And YOU welcomed it.

I lifted my praise to YOU

And YOU received it.

Oh! LORD JESUS! This YOU have done for me!

Thank YOU from the depth of my being!

LOVE, Karen

 

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Free Hearts

Walking through the unknown at times

Surprises are welcomed-even enjoyed

Yet, sometimes scary, frightful thoughts

Bind up the heart

What do I do now?

Why did this happen?

Will everything be okay?

Of course! God has promised me!

And God cannot lie.

It is just me who questions

The “Why did this happen?”

And the, “How can this be allowed?”

I fret over the little things

Gripe and murmur about the hard

That’s not good! Hearts are heavy

Burdened by doubts and unbelief

God sees my moods

He hears my every thought

Can’t hide them from Him

Still the Grace! His wonderful Grace!

Oh! Where would we be without it?!

Tortured souls would be rampant

They are anyways-but only because

The tormented do not know

Their hearts can be free

Most of the time

They do not care to know

About His wonderful, life-giving

Guilt-smashing, mind-soothing Grace.

A free heart is a forgiven heart

Full of mercy, kindness, and love

The burdens have been lifted

He carries the load

I only have to obey His Word

Be forgiving as He is

When I can’t, I tell Him and repent

Then He takes the lead

Guides me to His Mercy Seat of Grace

And I am cleansed from all sin

A free heart is a clean heart

Holds no grudges, nor heavy feelings

Soft and ready to forgive

Giving Grace to the one who has hurt

The one that pierced the innocent’s heart

Scaring it beyond perceived hope

Crying tears of release for all now

Praying they will find this peace

In their own Salvation

A free heart is a loving entity

Which Grace has supplied

With the balm of peace

Questions have been answered

Fears relieved

Doubts replaced with quiet understanding

Immortal destinies are revealed

Hope is renewed

Hearts are free again.

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Did You?

Did you help when someone needed you?

Go that extra mile?

Did you do what you should do

To turn their tears into smiles?

Did you lighten someone’s heavy load?

Chase their blues away?

Did you smooth out their bumpy road?

Bring sunshine to their day?

Did you love someone’s hurts away?

Erase their trouubled minds?

Did you heal their broken heart someway?

Or was compassion hard to find?

Did you do what was asked of you?

No matter what the cost?

Did you save a soul from hell today?

Search for the one that was lost?

Did you do what Christ would do?

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Into the Light

the paths we take

may not always be right

sometimes they take us

into the dark night

We stumble-we fall

trying to find

our way

back to the light

we search-we seek

for someone to lead

some one to take us

into the light

we tremble-we cry

and don’t know why

life won’t help us

back to the light

we reaped-we sowed

by taking the wrong path

so we humble ourselves

we repent-we get right

for only God knows the way

out of the dark night

He has the eternal sign

that simply says

 “Just follow the Light.”

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