REDEEMED (TRE' HARSH) (UPDATED)

YOU THROW HIS NAME AROUND

AS IF IT WERE A COMMON NOUN

AND USE HIS SON'S NAME AS A CURSE.

YET YOU TELL ME YOU DON'T BELIEVE

AND HAVE NEVER FALLEN TO YOUR KNEES

IN PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION.

ONLY AMBITION

IS ON YOUR MIND

AS IT WAS ON MINE AT ONE TIME.

BUT THEN I GAVE UP AND CAVED IN.

I COULDN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

I JUST WANTED TO GO HOME.

I WAS SICK OF THE RACE

AND I COULD NO LONGER KEEP UP THE PACE

SO I GAVE MY LIFE TO HIM.

HE WHO IS THE ONE AND ONLY,

THE GREAT I AM,

THE MASTER AND CREATOR

OF THIS WORLD IN WHICH I LIVE.

WE ARE NOT MEANT TO BE ALONE

OR TO CALL THIS WORLD OUR HOME

BECAUSE WE ONLY BELONG

TO GOD WHO IS ON HIS THRONE

HE MADE THIS PLACE WITH HIS BREATH,

DOWN TO THE DEEPEST DEPTH,

GOD KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES,

HOW MANY HAIRS ARE ON OUR HEAD.

HE KNIT US IN THE WOMB,

KNEW US FROM BEFORE THE BEGINNING.

HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT WILL COME.

THOUGH SOME SAY THEY CAN TELL,

ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

WE MUST ONLY LISTEN TO WHAT THE LORD SAYS.

WE SHOULDN'T EVEN LISTEN TO OURSELVES.

STAY IN HIS WORD,

AND STOP USING HIS NAME AS A CURSE.

AND KNOW THAT THE MIRROR

ONLY REFLECTS THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY,

DOESN'T SHOW OUR REAL SELVES,

NOT THE SOUL THAT LIES WITHIN,

NOR THE SIN IN OUR HEARTS,

ONLY THE PART THAT DOESN'T MATTER,

OUR SKIN, WHICH IS JUST A SHELL.

GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD.

STOP LIVING FOR YOURSELF.

THERE ARE SO MANY IN THIS WIDE WORLD

THAT HAVE NEVER KNOWN THE PEACE TO BE FOUND

IN SACRIFICING YOUR LIFE FOR HE WHO MADE IT ALL

AND GAVE HIS ONLY SON

TO DIE FOR US.

REDEEMED AND WASHED IN THE CRIMSON TIDE.

HEBREWS 11:1 - NOW FAITH IS BEING SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR AND CONFIDENT OF WHAT WE DO NOT SEE.