SWAYED BY THE WORLD'S OPINION

I LOVED TO READ THE WORD
I READ MY BIBLE DAILY
I ATE IT UP BY SPOON AND CUP
AND RECEIVED IT'S MEAT SO GAILY.
I LOVED TO WORSHIP GOD
I MET HIM IN HIS SECRET PLACE
I KNELT BEFORE HIM AND THERE ADORED HIM
I LONGED TO SEE HIS FACE.
I LED A LIFE OF LOVE AND JOY
MY STRONGHOLDS FELL LIKE RAIN
I BATTLED FOE AND GAVE THEM WOE
AND GAVE THEM WOE AGAIN.
BUT.......SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY HEART
I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING
I STARTED TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THE WORLD
AND THEN I STARTED RUNNING.
AWAY FROM GOD AND WITH THE CROWD
SO SEDUCTIVE AND SO CUNNING.
AND EVERYWHERE THAT THEY WOULD GO
I WAS SURE TO FOLLOW
AND EVERY POISON THAT THEY DISHED UP
I WAS THERE TO SWALLOW.
THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO "GOD" BUT ME
AND THEM! AND I BELIEVED THEM
THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO LIFE BUT THIS
AND I HELPED TO DECEIVE THEM.
AND LIFE WORE ON, DEVOID OF MEANING
AND I GREW OLD AND DIED
AND NONE OF THE "FRIENDS" I HAD MADE IN THIS WORLD
WERE WATCHING BY MY SIDE.
ONLY A PREACHER WITH A WORN OUT BIBLE
WITH TEARS UPON HIS FACE
WAS WAITING THERE, HEAD BOWED IN PRAYER
TO ASK ME TO WHAT PLACE....
I INTENDED TO GO WHEN LIFE WAS OVER
AND MY SPIRIT WAS TORN FROM MY SOUL
AND TORN WAS I BUT WITH A SIGH
I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND OVER HIS HEAD, I SAW A T.V
AND I HEARD SOME BIG STAR SAY
I HEARD THE WORLD CALL OUT TO ME
"MAN, THAT "WAY" AIN'T THE ONLY WAY!"
I SAW THE RELIGION OF MIND
I FELT THE RELIGION OF FLESH
I TASTED THE RELIGION OF SELF WILL
AND I MADE MY DECISION, I GUESS.
I HEARD THE SONGS TO "PARTY ON"
I HEARD THEIR VOICES WELL
AND SWAYED BY OPINION, I TURNED FROM THE PREACHER
CLOSED MY EYES AND WALKED INTO HELL.
BY Rhonda Jackson  April 11, 03 11:25 a.m.