Good Books

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

I sit at my desk and observe
I ponder as I take a look
What is it within me
That has all these religious books?

What am I trying to attain
What is my goal as I read
Where do I want to focus
Who I am willing to let lead?

The books have a simple theme
They are connected by just One
Jesus is the root of my library
He is the one to whom I run.

This world gets me down
I battle a war from within
I do my best and yet can fail
I am wrought at the level of my sin.

My only hope is Jesus
My only focus is him
Even drowning is an ocean of evil
He is the air I gasp to swim.

I see Satan peaking in power
I witness evil everywhere I look
The selfishness of society’s pride
Has not been humbled by these books.

Society has turned away from God
Absorbed in themselves only you see
Teaching all paths lead to God
Preaching what God can do for me.

All paths do not lead to God
Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life
All other paths teaching just do good
Will lead to an eternity of strife.

Jesus did for you and me
What you and I cannot accomplish
He atoned for our sins to God
Gave you grace like you so wish.

Grace is getting what you don’t deserve
Mercy is withholding the punishment you do
The gospel is the story in these books
Of how Jesus died for me and you.

I pour myself into these books
Many versions of God’s living word
I preach it from the mountaintops when I can
From my mouth truth will be heard.

I try to teach it to my boys
I try my best to show them the way
I fail in my sins before them
Many times each and every day.

If there is one thing they know
If there is a light on they see
I am seeking God every morning
I am trying to be all I can be.

This world will steal your joy
This world will make you not look
But get up early each morning
And spend time in the only Good Book.

Put on the armor of God
Arise early each day to seek
Pray and seek God first
He will reveal himself to the weak.