MY GOLDEN KEY

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE FIRE
SEVERAL TIMES.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE FLAMES,
THE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL HURRICANE.
THE BUMPS, THE SCRAPES,
THE TEASINGS,
THE TAUNTINGS,
THE BULLYINGS.
THE BRUISES TOO.
BUT I MADE IT THROUGH.
HOW YOU ASK?
ONLY THROUGH MY SWEET JESUS' GRACE.
I DON'T DESERVE HIS LOVE.
I DON'T DESERVE TO BE GIVEN THE GIFT
OF HIS SACRIFICE, HIS FORGIVENESS.
WE ARE ALL BORN INTO SIN,
THANKS TO EVE AND ADAM.
BUT WE ARE SANCTIFIED, PURIFIED
THROUGH HIS BLOOD,
HIS SACRIFICE,
HIS FORGIVENESS ON THAT WOODEN CROSS.
NAILS THROUGH HIS HANDS,
NAILS THROUGH HIS FEET,
HIS SIDE SLICED,
BLEEDING BLOOD AND WATER.
BUT HE LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
AND FORGAVE.
THEN THE VERY THICK CURTAIN RIPPED
AND THE EARTH SHOOK.
IF THERE WAS SUCH A THING
AS A TIME MACHINE
THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE TODAY.
JESUS IS MY GOLDEN KEY.

 
LUKE 23:39-43 -- ONE OF THE CRIMINALS WHO HUNG THERE HURLED INSULSTS AT HIM: "AREN'T YOU THE MESSIAH? SAVE YOURSELF AND US!"


(40) BUT THE OTHER CRIMINAL REBUKED HIM.  "DON'T YOU FEAR GOD," HE SAID, "SINCE YOU ARE UNDER THE SAME SENTENCE? (41) WE ARE PUNISHED JUSTLY, FOR WE ARE GETTING WHAT OUR DEEDS DESERVE.  BUT THIS MAN HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG."


(42) THEN HE SAID, "JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM."


(43) JESUS ANSWERED HIM, "TRULY I TELL YOU, TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE."