LIFE

I haven't posted on here in a while, but I hope to get back to it regularly.  I was sitting at my desk at work yesterday and threw together this quick poem.  It didn't take long.  I didn't steal too much time from the bank.  Ha.  Anyway, I just wanted to share...

LIFE 

IT STARTED EARLY, WITHIN A SMALL BAPTIST PEW.
THE NAME OF JESUS WAS ESTABLISHED, ON GOD’S SOVEREIGN CUE.
A JOY, DOWN IN MY HEART, BROUGHT A SMILE.
I FELT IT AT A YOUNG AGE, LIKE IT HAD BEEN THERE AWHILE.

HIS PLAN IS KNOWN, AS HIS SOVEREIGN WILL.
HIS GRACE IS WHAT SAVED ME, AND IT SAVES ME STILL.
THE GOSPEL ISN’T ONLY NEEDED AT CONVERSION.
REMEMBERING THAT “IT IS FINISHED” IS OUR FUEL AND OUR PURPOSE.

THE END ALL OF MAN IS TO ENJOY AND GLORIFY THE FATHER.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO GROW DEEPER IN THE GOSPEL.
REALIZING WHAT WE HAVE BY HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS,
OPENS OUR EYES TO HIS MERCIES, WHICH GAVE US ALL WE POSSESS.

THOUGH LIFE HAS TRIUMPHS & TROUBLES, I’VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW,
WE LEARN AND GROW AS THE SPIRIT CHOOSES TO DO.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WORD.
IT’S THE SANCTIFIYING GRACE, WE LIVE-OUT IN THE WORLD.

HIS WORK IN US, GIVES GOD THE GLORY ALONE.
HOW A WRETCHED MAN LIKE ME, HAS SINS HE ATONED.
ANY GOOD I'VE DONE, STEMS FROM JESUS THE MAN.
HE LIVED HIS LIFE, DIED & AROSE, THAT’S WHERE TRUE LIFE BEGAN.

-Andrew Mitchell 1/5/2012