“Lazarus – A New Ending On Life”
“You can’t go back”, the preacher said,
“But from now on until you’re dead,
You can new ending put upon
The road of life which now you’re on.”It was that way with me quite oft,
Like when my former route was lost
(Laid down, that is, that folks might live
Without the scourge of victor’s shiv).But never more than now I see –
As ending comes, quite clear to me,
To life I’ve lived here in this town –
Hey hey! Can’t keep a good man down –And Christ is such a ‘good man’, Stu;
Folks do the things they have to do,
But that’s where Creenglish freedom lies –
Same principle to all applies.Constriction? Yes – yields greater fruit;
Great loss? Like seeds, soon seen, the shoots;
Bad start? It’s gone – what Christ brings out
Of all that mess – He grows a sprout.For past is prologue; seed’s from there –
It’s very small when you compare
It to the size of farmer’s field –
The past in Him increases yield.The grave for Lazarus that day
Was watershed, for he’d been laid
Out, wrapped up, scented well;
For what? He rose as story tells.So what have you there, Stu, my friend?
How will your story here-on end?
Will you try grasping for the past?
Or will you let it go at last?Step out – step forward, Jesus calls
“Come forth” – He does not care at all
For life on other side of tombs –
He views them more as mother’s wombs.“You must be born again”, again,
Don’t in your squalid past remain;
Step up, step out, the tomb’s no home
You’ve got two legs – get up in roam.”Lord thank You for story fair;
Thanks for Your tender loving care;
Thanks for the life I’ve had to date;
Thanks for Your words – for Goodness’s sake.Thanks Lord for this.
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