i was going through some old notebooks and found some unfinished work. thought i would share.
Outside the world is crashing beneath me
But here I take a moment, sit back and rest easy
Because in your arms, with you in mine
I’m taken to a place
Without fear, without tears, and without time.
Oh to escape the pressures and aches
The compassion, forgiveness, and love others take
Without so much of a glance back to see
That they’ve left me behind.
They take all I have, move forward, get better,
That’s what I wanted, right?
Give up all I have, love unconditionally
Forgive irrationally
Be Jesus to them
But be aware that if you act like Jesus
You’ll get treated like Jesus
He was praised and accepted by only a few
That took up the task and dropped all that they knew
All that they hoped for, all that they loved, all that they lived for
To follow a man who was destined to be
The most dejected, rejected man in history
Or haven’t you heard?
They tore him apart
They cursed him, accused him
Then they hung him from that tree
Where he died, literally, of a broken heart
They buried him and called it done
They went back to their lives, their homes, their wives
I wonder how they felt in those fate-less 3 days
They’d been fighting him for so long
Did they feel relieved?
Probably empty, probably hopeless
Without anyone to sneer at, jeer at
Throw all of their anxieties and hatred and worthlessness and fear at
Now they had to deal with the problems themselves
They had only the option to look in the mirror
How many, then, realized that it wasn’t their place
To scold him, condemn him, spit in his face
Who has to die to make us realize our fate,
Doesn’t depend on what all we have, but the choices we make?
When will we learn that we have all that we need,
In him who died and came back
Who overcame death just to set us free
So that we could live a new life
Under a power and love and grace that will never cease
So around me the world is cold and chaotic
The choices are hard
But I will take hold of them
I chose to live in him who richly provides
In him I will walk, in him I’ll confide
This alone gives me the courage to step back
To take in a breath, to try and relax
When I think about the promise he gives
I see that faith, an unassuming faith, is the best way to live.
its weird to see connections between then and now that are so...i dont even know how to describe it, but its creepy. very creepy.
