I KEPT
RUNNING
I had an idea of who God wanted me to be
At that time I was very young
And just wanted to be free
Living my life for Him
Would have robbed me of my fun
God called me too soon
Just before my young adult years had begun
I knew I should have said yes
Immediately after hearing Elohim’s call
But when I looked at my friends
They were all having a ball
So much I would have missed
If I had immediately said yes
I also knew that running to God
Would have caused me to be blessed
But I ran away for as long as I could
I kept running and running
Running away from Him
Running into the world
My attempts to embrace sin
Running away from the call
Running away from God’s plan
Running away, attempting to embrace
The plans of sinful man
I kept running deeper into the world
Attempting to have some fun
Farther and farther away from God
And much further from His Son
The farther I went away
The greater was my pain
Eventually my worldly pleasures
I was unable to sustain
Emptiness consumed me
And my soul began to cry
Because I trusted my deceitful heart
Which repeatedly told me lies
Pleasures became pain
And my so-called friends went away
All because from God’s call
I decided to go
astray
I’m alone again
Back to where I first started
At that same crossroad
Where from God I had departed
Foolish was I to run away from Him
Believing that I would be safe
By embracing the pleasures of sin
I kept running but never able
To gain much
distance
I kept running because I was motivated
By my adamant
resistance
To yield to God’s call upon my fragile life
I embraced the world, I felt so much pain
And I also discovered envy and strife
I changed directions but I still kept on running
Running away from the things that were
Deceiving me
This time running towards my God
Wanting my soul to be made free
Once again I’m running
Running as fast as
I can
Running away from the world
And running away from sinful man
Freedom I sought, God’s grace and His divine love
I kept running from the world
My emotions set on things above
I kept running; running away from everything
That appeared to be sin
I kept running back to God
Knowing that in Him my new life will begin
I kept running, moving as fast as I can
I kept running toward Jesus
The Son of God and the Son of man
I kept running toward God
Because my soul was yelling YES
Yes to Your will Lord
Yes I want my life to be blest
I kept running because I decided
To answer God’s call
No more desires for sin
And no more erecting of walls
No more running away from my purpose
And no more running away from Him
I kept running toward Jesus
And running away from sin.
James 4:17 - Therefore to him
that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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