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New Hope
POEM#9 NEW HOPE
ON A NEW STARTING LINE I HAVE BEEN PLACED SO VERSE BY VERSE I MUST RUN THIS NEW RACE, BY GOD’S GRACE ALONE I WILL SET MY PACE,
HUMBLE OBEDIENCE WILL BE MY GUIDE NOT MY OWN THINKING OR MY PRIDE, THE TWO HAVE FAILED ME BEFORE, AND LED ME STRAIGHT TO HELLS FRONT DOOR, A PLACE I WISH TO BE NO MORE,
HE HAS PROMISED MY LIFE HE WILL RESTORE, EVEN THOUGH I MAY SUFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE,
SO WITH BLIND TRUST AND PATIENCE I MUST RUN BEHIND GOD’S WORD WITH HIS SPIRIT RENEWING MY MIND,
MY ERRORS FORGIVEN THE BAD THINGS I’VE DONE WASHED AWAY BY THE BLOOD OF GOD’S ONLY SON, MY BODY BEGINNING TO HEAL ONCE AGAIN, A JOY AND HOPE EMERGING WITHIN,
THOUGH MY BRAINS GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THINKING IN SIN, GOD’S WORD WILL SURELY KEEP IT THINKING FOR HIM,
I FIND MYSELF SMILING AND SAYING HELLO TO STANGERS, TO PEOPLE I DON’T EVEN KNOW,
EVERYDAY IS A CHALLENGE I’M STILL TEMPTED BY SIN, SO FROM DOWN ON MY KNEES I GIVE EACH TO HIM,
NOT THAT LONG AGO I WAS HOMELESS AND BEAT, BY A DEMON CALLED DRUGS I JUST WANDERED THE STREETS,
NOW I AM GRATFUL A NEW DAWN IS AT HAND AND I FACE EACH DAY AS THE LORD WOULD COMMAND, I AM BORN A NEW MAN.
