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           So many ways we try to earn
            Your favor, & Your mercy,
         so much denial when we're blind,
           acting like we really see,
      so many attempts to have a standard met
          we've placed upon ourselves,
           so many rules & conditions
            we burden our lives with,
               & everyone else...

      ...& all the while, the Shepherd calls
          the wandering foolish lambs
      who stray into the paths of wolves,
         not listening to the "I Am,"
    but to those who claim they speak for Him,
          yet who never hear Him say
     "It is finished! There's nothing you can do
          but just come to Me, & STAY!"

        So many detours we can take,
      the narrow path almost forgotten,
       until the fruit we try to bear
        is finally found worthless & rotten,
      & that's usually when we realize
    His grace has been calling us home,
   & His ability to finally set us free
     from ways that are only our own
  is waiting for us { the returning prodigal son }
  within sight, with outstretched arms, on the road.
                  *~*~*~*~*
                                   ~By Anastazia Rowe~