A Personal "Genesis"
12/16/1990
This is now my testimony
To you I long to tell
So good, so rich, so pure, so true,
I have to break the shell.
Before I seemed so happy,
Striving for it all,
The corporate climb and just‑in‑time,
Everything on the ball.
But in my room, left to myself
And reaching down inside,
I suffered what I clearly knew,
A case of selfish pride.
Too proud to admit
Through all of the gloss
How lonely I was,
How empty and lost.
Where should I go?
To whom would I turn?
No more answers that asked questions,
I had something to learn…
In His patient mercy
He began to draw me near.
The Truth’s not far,
The door’s ajar,
Stand back, it’s coming clear.
A Stone that makes men stumble —
It’s so easy to be lost.
My home, my job, my friends, my life
Could this be the cost?
…Nothing before Him,
everything after…
Behold! I see!
The Truth is coming faster!
I praise the Lord in Heaven
Who gave me Faith and Sight.
I bowed my knee to Jesus —
The Truth, the Way, the Light.
No more fruitless goals and dreams,
No more wondering why,
No more empty possessions,
No more living a lie.
God has truly blessed me,
Showed me His Holy Way.
I give my life to Jesus, His Son,
Each and every day!
Sarah (a new Christian)