The world changed
when
Adam and Eve
no longer
followed God
when
Adam and Eve
listened
to the voice of a serpent
when
Adam and Eve
reasoned
God did not know All
when
Adam and Eve
sinned.
As the world changed
the people
followed
their own desires and interests
the people
listened
to their peers
the people
reasoned
they could find a way out of the chaos
the people's
choice
was to sin.
The world changes still
good and bad
ugly and sweet
poor and rich
life and death
Who owns the world
Who causes its problems
Who will destroy it
Who?!
Who are you
You, who live in the world
Are you of the world
Do you too follow
the voice
of error
Or have you
heard
the still small voice
of God
amid your pain
and sorrow
Have you turned away
from the world
and what it represents
Have you turned to
the One Way
the Only Way
to
redemption
salvation
completeness
Have you turned to
God
through His Son,
Jesus Christ?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God, And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." (John 3:16-19 NKJV)
when
Adam and Eve
no longer
followed God
when
Adam and Eve
listened
to the voice of a serpent
when
Adam and Eve
reasoned
God did not know All
when
Adam and Eve
sinned.
As the world changed
the people
followed
their own desires and interests
the people
listened
to their peers
the people
reasoned
they could find a way out of the chaos
the people's
choice
was to sin.
The world changes still
good and bad
ugly and sweet
poor and rich
life and death
Who owns the world
Who causes its problems
Who will destroy it
Who?!
Who are you
You, who live in the world
Are you of the world
Do you too follow
the voice
of error
Or have you
heard
the still small voice
of God
amid your pain
and sorrow
Have you turned away
from the world
and what it represents
Have you turned to
the One Way
the Only Way
to
redemption
salvation
completeness
Have you turned to
God
through His Son,
Jesus Christ?
Cathy Orrick Luders
6.29.2011
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God, And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." (John 3:16-19 NKJV)
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