“METANOIA” Poem

“METANOIA” Poem

I pray sometimes

I've prayed for some time

I think sometimes that I don’t think some time

But in time, I found rhymes that helped me find myself


That helped me find God


You see, this World had me lost for some time

Time & time again, I'd find Jesus on my mind

I tried to pay Him no mind


For the pride that resided in my mental confines was allied to the father of lies


Clever Concepts of Corrupt Conniving Covered my eyes

Like the blind man, I sat by the road and I cried

Till I found troubles that made my pride crumble


Arrogance bow, humble

So I bowed my head

I said a prayer


Though I was proud and presumptuous

I just knew that God was there


So I sang songs about wrong

Until I read Psalms that read my heart


As red as the palm of Cain after he killed Abel

As red as the lips of Judas after he kissed Jesus


Lips cut because my tongue was as untamed as James 3

My heart cut once I read Hebrews 4


For "the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword it divides soul and spirit"


I heard the Word of God but I just would not fear it


Hearing, yet never understanding

But you must understand


In my hard heart,

I understood where I stood with God

But I acted like I didn't stand under God


I cried to myself until I cried out to God

Worldly sorrow vs. Godly sorrow

Hearts change when Jesus involved

I died to myself when I realized He died for me


New eyes revealed all the lies that Satan was feeding me

The devil deceiving me


I had put progression and aggression over recognition of transgressions


Trading inheritance for soup that was insidious inception


So now this soul expression is a form of confession or a lesson

Hope resurrected when I saw the Son’s resurrection


IN THE BEGINNING

God said, “let there be light”

So now I write to illuminate life’s meaning


IN THE BEGINNING

There was the Word

God spoke a word to form the world

So now I use these words to bring this world into repentance


See these words are God's gift

This Gift was God given

I was made in God's image

So I spit God's vision


I'm driven

Like the nails through my Savior's hand

His sacrifice as the Lamb saved every man


Yet I failed to understand

I failed to comprehend

Why would the Son of God want to save the fallen race of Man?

The wretched race of men

A wretch like me…


Yet still I can forget how blessed I be

Now my name is in the Book of Life with no misprint


Sin created a barrier

But the Son covered the distance

Even when I dissed Him

Even when my heart was distant


If my tongue is like a sword

Let my words cut deeper than the skin

But now that Jesus is my Lord

The Word cuts deep through all my sin


Since I love the way He molded the Universe and created Creation

My hands craft these words in hope that they create inspiration

You see, the Bible verses inspire these inspired verses


Conversations concerning conversion confused all of those who knew the former version of myself


WITH MY

selfishness

self-focus

self-loathing

self-hatred


Like how could you possibly change this?

To sin, you've become a stranger...


Well, I estranged myself from the Father

But He adopted me as a son

Now all of my sin is forgiven

Now all the victory won


The blood has completely covered

Everything I did in vain

Baptized into Christ’s death

Into the Name above all names


JESUS

One day the King of Kings will return

With the sword of His mouth and fiery eyes that burn


Earth will tear like a garment

The heavens will melt away

Until every knee is bowed and every mouth is saying

JESUS


THEY WILL SAY THE NAME OF JESUS


They will say,

JESUS IS LORD


The Church will proclaim,

JESUS IS LORD


His children will proclaim,

JESUS IS LORD


His Bride will proclaim,

JESUS IS LORD


-J.T. Singletary

 

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