Remember

REMEMBER

Copyright: Eden E. Hopper, June 2011

 To a god not my Own I was bound and addicted

My spirit was lost and it constantly shifted

The soft chains consumed me, they dragged me around

And kept me from standing upon solid ground

Then one day my pride and my false god ran out

Leaving feelings that others “knew nothing about”

Life seemed so confusing, relentlessly cruel

I saw my reflection as merely a fool

I remember that day, when I hit bottom rock

My true God stood just through the door and He knocked…

I swore off rebelliousness “once and for all!”

And promised to follow Him, never to fall

And then I remember, just after I swore

That again and again, I would close the Lord’s door

With hardly a thought I fell back into sin…

Yet He patiently knocked: “My child, please let Me in”

I felt—(and I still feel)—ill-matched to the task

My proud heart was humbled. And finally I asked,

“My dear Lord, I know now I can’t do this alone

I’m hurt. I’m so sorry. Please carry me home.”

I remember how joyous I felt in due time

Life no longer battled with reason and rhyme

I know now, with His help I can take anything

With the guidance and comfort His sweet Spirit brings

There are times I still falter, let go of His hand

And feel I’m inclined to end where I began…

So help me remember when I’ve fallen down

Remember He’ll pick me right up off the ground

Remember my Father who loves me so dear

He wants me to love, with an absence of fear

And Remember.… He’s knocking. He’s always right here.

 This poem was written and posted in response to a prompt on Lightening & the Lightening Bug's new "Dare to Share" linkup: Personal Poems. The instructions were as follows:

This week's theme? Personal Poems. Link up one of your poems that is personal in nature, whether it be about you or a person or event in your life.