A Poem
I sat down to write a sermon a few years ago while preaching through Matthew at my first youth pastorate and this poem just flowed right off of my pen like it had been in my head since the day I was born. I hope it will bless someone.
Once was a man on a journey-his destination was Peace of Mind
He barely had even started when the path it did divide
More than chance had brought him here-no simple twist of fate
Desiring the easy road, he looked at the wider gate
“It appears I’ll have to choose,” he mused and he sighed
The grass was looking greener on the other side
The wider path seemed pleasant
With many a print to follow
But the young heart of this peasant
Felt empty and hollow
Looking to the right, he saw the straight and narrow
with nothing to attract even the smallest sparrow
On these two paths he fixed his gaze
“Decide I will come mornin’. Right here I stays”
Through the night passed many a sojourner
Not a one chose the hard-each one took the easy
The peasant man-being a fast learner
Said to himself, “I have no reason
To be different and to choose the lesser path
For I haven’t got food shoes-not even a walking staff”
But something seemed to draw him on the harder way
So on that way he went as he saw the light of day
Now every man must choose
And though many will lose
By choosing the way that’s hard
In the end it’s they that gain
Their destination is in their hearts
Placed there by the King
He who is the way
Gives life and will to obey
Many a traveler scoffed and laughed
At that young man that day
And every one went on past
Then much to their dismay
The way they chose
Destroyed their souls
For they had chosen destruction
-When it’s you who stands Before these two gates
Will you go the ways of man
Or the way that mankind hates
For hard is the way and narrow is the path
that leads to eternal life
But it is the way filled with strife
That escapes God’s holy wrath.
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November 24, 2007 at 11:02 pm
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the beautiful ordinary said,
November 26, 2007 at 6:09 pm
still powerful.
One Mother With Cancer said,
December 7, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Clayton,
I came across a blog yesterday and I thought of you. Read from November 7th on… http://www.christianlovestories.blogspot.com/
Greg Dungan said,
January 8, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Sounds like Bunyan! Well done.