My conversion brought drastic change;
Thoughts of me were never the same.
I thought I was unshakably strong,
Yet I proved to be weak; I was wrong.
I thought I knew God, and He knew me,
But I desired all the glory.
I said to everyone, “Look at me!”
“Look at my splendor and majesty!”
Self-centered, sensual sins
Never ceased to reign within.
I kept my monster-self caged in
Hypocritical bars of fake religion.
I hated God and I hated His law.
My whole life showed that all
I did was sin. I did not know Him,
And He knew not me- I was dead.
But at an appointed moment in time,
God saved this heart of mine.
In light of His purity, I saw my sin,
And repentance developed deep within.
God graciously opened my eyes to see
Jesus’ death was meant for me.
He died condemned in my place
So I would be saved by grace through faith.
Undeserving of God’s wonderful gift,
I cannot help but want to live
In a way that seeks to glorify Christ,
My Beloved Savior, my All, my Life!
Jul 10, 2019
Jul 10, 2019 at 7:11 PM UTC
My conversion brought drastic change;
Thoughts of me were never the same.
I thought I was unshakably strong,
Yet I proved to be weak; I was wrong.
I thought I knew God, and He knew me,
But I desired all the glory.
I said to everyone, “Look at me!”
“Look at my splendor and majesty!”
Self-centered, sensual sins
Never ceased to reign within.
I kept my monster-self caged in
Hypocritical bars of fake religion.
I hated God and I hated His law.
My whole life showed that all
I did was sin. I did not know Him,
And He knew not me- I was dead.
But at an appointed moment in time,
God saved this heart of mine.
In light of His purity, I saw my sin,
And repentance developed deep within.
God graciously opened my eyes to see
Jesus’ death was meant for me.
He died condemned in my place
So I would be saved by grace through faith.
Undeserving of God’s wonderful gift,
I cannot help but want to live
In a way that seeks to glorify Christ,
My Beloved Savior, my All, my Life!
"For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life ad peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
~ Romans 8:5-8
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