SWEET ETERNITY (UPDATED WITH SCRIPTURE AND A NEW PICTURE)

IF HE SAID 'GO' WOULD YOU GO?

IF HE SAID 'COME' WOULD YOU COME?

WOULD YOU WILLINGLY

DROP EVERYTHING,

LEAVE YOUR FAMILY, YOUR HOME?

WHEN I THINK OF ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME,

DESPITE EVERYTHING, I KNOW I AM BLESSED,

I HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN,

I DRAW BREATH...

I HAVE A ROOF OVER MY HEAD,

A COMFORTABLE BED,

A HUSBAND THAT LOVES ME,

AND AT THE END OF THE ROAD,

ETERNITY WITH MY LORD.

SO WOULD I LEAVE IT ALL

IF I WERE CALLED?

WOULD I DO WHAT HE ASKED?

WOULD I WILLINGLY TAKE UP THE TASK?
WOULD I TAKE UP MY CROSS?

BUT I HAVE, YOU SEE,

STARTED MY MINISTRY.

I SHARE DEEP FROM MY HEART,

PUT MYSELF OUT THERE,

EVEN THOUGH I'M SCARED

THAT SOMEONE MAY JUDGE,

SAY THAT I'M WRONG,

THAT I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH.

BUT GOD USES THE LEAST OF US

TO CONFUSE THE WORLD,

TO SPREAD HIS WORD,

THAT HE MAY RECEIVE

THE GLORY.

BECAUSE IF IT WAS JUST UP TO ME,

I WOULD WALLOW IN MY MISERY.

BUT IF THERE IS JUST ONE OTHER

THAT HAS SUFFERED,

THAT CAN EMPATHIZE

WITH THE PAIN I DEAL WITH DAILY,

IN MY HEART, IN MY BODY,
THE AGONY,

THEN I FEEL THAT I HAVE GONE

TO THE PLACE I HAVE BEEN CALLED.

I HAVE COUNTED THE COST,

BUT TO ME IT'S WORTH IT

IF I CAN REACH THE LOST,

SHOW THEM THERE IS HOPE

IF THEY JUST HANG ON.

IF YOU OPEN YOUR HEART

TO THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS ONLY SON,

THE LIGHT WILL SHINE

IN THE DEEPEST PART OF YOUR SOUL.

HE WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE.

DESPITE ANYTHING

YOU MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH,

EVEN REJECTION BY THOSE 

WHO SHOULD LOVE YOU THE MOST.

THE FATHER,
THE SON
AND THE HOLY GHOST

CAN FILL THAT EMPTINESS,

FILL THAT HOLE

WAY DEEP DOWN
IN THE DARKEST PART OF YOUR SOUL

THAT YOU MIGHT EVEN NOT BE AWARE

IS THERE.

JESUS CARES.

IF NOT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST

LONG AGO.

BUT HERE I AM,
ON THE ROCK I STAND.

AND I UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE IN SO MUCH PAIN,
REJECTED,
NEGLECTED,

AND YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE
ANYONE COULD EVER LOVE YOU AGAIN.

BUT THAT'S A LIE

STRAIGHT FROM THE ENEMY.

JESUS DIED FOR YOU, HE DIED FOR ME,
CRUCIFIED,
ARMS SPREAD WIDE.

AND IF YOU CAN JUST HANG ON,

I WILL SEE YOU IN 

SWEET ETERNITY.

PSALM 17-18
KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE...