STAND (RVD)

MY BODY,

AS I HAVE SAID

SO VERY MANY TIMES BEFORE

IS BROKEN.

NOT JUST MY PHYSICALITY,

BUT MY HEART AS WELL.

BUT NO ONE BUT MY LORD MAY TOUCH MY SOUL.

I BELONG

TO THE ONE AND ONLY KING.

THE SON,

THE HEIR,

THE LAMB.

MY EARTHLY FATHER LET ME DOWN
OVER
AND OVER AGAIN,
TO NO ONE ELSE'S SURPRISE.

BUT DADDY DEAR

HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEAR.

YES,

I AM A SINNER.

WE WERE ALL BORN INTO SIN

THANKS TO EVE AND ADAM.

THE PROBLEM IS THIS, YOU SEE:
MY ONCE STRONG BODY
(I COULD SWIM, NON-STOP, TWO AND A HALF MILES,
NO LIE.)

SEEMS
TO NEED

TO GIVE UP THE GHOST
SO TO SPEAK

MUCH SOONER THAN I REQUIRE.

NOT THAT I'M AT DEATH'S DOOR,
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
GOD FORBID.

IT'S JUST CERTAIN
HIGHLY REQUIRED
PARTS

HAVE BEEN QUITE INJURED,
HAVING TO USE THIS WHEELCHAIR
I'VE NICKNAMED 'THE THORN'.

BUT DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME IE*,

BECAUSE AS MY BODY DEPRECIATES,

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY LORD

GROWS.

WHEN ALL THIS BODILY HARM STARTED,

I WAS GIVEN TWO CHOICES:

STAY BITTER AND TORN AND BROKEN,

OR BE HEALED IN MY SOUL

AND TAKE THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY,

IT'S NOT ALWAYS HARD,

I HAVE DAYS OF PEACE

AND DAYS OF WAR.

AND I'VE LOST A FEW FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES

ALONG THE WAY.
APPARENTLY, I HAVE TOO MUCH DRAMA IN MY LIFE.

BUT,

NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE,

I BELONG TO YOU, LORD,

AND HERE UPON YOUR ROCK I WILL
FAITHFULLY STAND.

PROVERBS 10:25

WHEN THE STORM HAS SWEPT BY,

THE WICKED ARE GONE,

BUT THE RIGHTEOUS STAND FOREVER.

IE - ABBREVIATION FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE