Poetry

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I USED TO LIVE A LIFE OF SIN
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'VE DONE OR WHERE I'VE BEEN
SOMETIMES THE HURT I CAUSED WAS HARD TO BEAR
BUT THE TRUTH IS I DIDN'T CARE

I WAS ON A PATH TO SELF DESTRUCTION
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT ALL HOPE WAS LOST
JESUS TOLD ME HE COULD START RECONSTRUCTION
AND THIS IS ALL IT WOULD COST

I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE MY HEART TO HIM
AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE
AND HE,LL FORGIVE ME ALL MY SINS
AND TOLD ME A NEW LIFE I SHALL BEGIN

WELL I KNELT DOWN THAT DAY TEARS IN MY EYES
AND I ASK JESUS INTO MY HEART
I ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS AND LIES
AND PLEASE GIVE ME THAT NEW START

WELL WHAT USED TO BE MY DARKEST OF NIGHTS
ARE GONE NOW FOREVER MORE
BECAUSE JESUS HAS SHOWN ME HIS LIGHT
I OPENED MY HEARTS DOOR

SO TO JESUS I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE
AND EVERYTHING YOU DO
JESUS I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU

THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE ARE WITH OUT MEASURE
YOU'VE CHANGED MY HEART THATS FOR SURE
YOUR LOVE I WILL ALLWAYS TREASURE
FOR THIS LIFE YOU WERE THE CURE

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOVE YOU GIVE
OR THE FORGIVENESS FROM YOUR HEART
MY NEW LIFE I WILL LIVE
BECAUSE I HAVE MY NEW START

SO TODAY AS I KNELL TO PRAY
WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS IN MY HEART
THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO SAY
IS THANK YOU FOR MY NEW START

IN YOUR NAME MY PRAYER SHALL END
AND MY NEW DAY SHALL BEGIN
NOW YOUR IN MY HEART FOREVER MORE
THANK YOU FOR KNOCKING ON THIS HEARTS DOOR


MICHAEL A FAULKNER 11-03
THIRD YEAR WITH THE LORD

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