Monday, October 20, 2014

ONE WAY (UPDATED)

IT CONFUSES ME SOMEWHAT
WHEN I HEAR OTHER CHRISTIANS SAY
THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY
TO HEAVEN.

'DON'T YOU READ YOUR BIBLE,' I WANT TO SCREAM AT THEM.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD ABOUT HIS WORD?

JESUS, GOD'S SON, IS THE ONLY BRIDGE
THAT FILLS THE GAP,
CROSSES THE RIDGE
AND OPENS A HEART.

IT'S SO SIMPLE.
CAN'T YOU SEE?
HE'S THE SON,
THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN OPEN THE DOOR.

IT'S SO CLEAR TO ME.
AND I WANT TO SHOUT THE GOOD NEWS
OF THIS SIMPLICITY
FROM THE ROOF.
USING THE TOOLS GOD HAS GIVEN ME,
I SHOUT WITH GLEE,
HAPPINESS AND COMPASSION,
THAT JESUS IS BY GOD'S SIDE
WAITING FOR YOU TO CONFIDE.
HE LOVES YOU VERY MUCH,
BEYOND MEASURE.

SO, PLEASE, WOULD YOU JUST LET HIM TOUCH
YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND, YOUR SOUL,
YOUR INNERMOST BEING?
JESUS CAN AND WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE.
HE FILLS THAT GAP THAT THE WORLD HAS LEFT BARE
BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CARES
AS MUCH AS GOD DOES,
THAT'S WHY HE GAVE UP HIS ONE AND ONLY SON.
AND WHY WOULD HE DO THAT, 
MAKE SUCH A SACRIFICE
IF THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY
TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS?

NOPE.
I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT SORRY OR ASHAMED TO SAY
THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY.








John 14:6 
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."


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