I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
one can just do something innocently and the next moment, before u noe it..poom.. u are into sin..arr... or rather i wun say before i noe it.. but is more of a temptation and doing it thing... and the best thing is, u can actuali tok to someone abt the hitting the mark of God, and the next moment do wat u shldnt do... y is this so?? lack of self control? mayb. more so, the carnal nature in us is just still so alive. the old adam living in us is so much stronger than the New Adam. and i realised more than just standing in the position in Christ, we nd to start appropriating it!
Psalm 119:9, 19 says, "How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart i have sought You. Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word that I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You."
so is the word hidden in my heart? obviously not, coz if i have, i wld not been sinning the next moment when i just tok abt God's word... the Lord so desire to write His laws in our heart! but before that He needs to cleanse us first from all filthiness and all idols. then He will give us a new heart and a new spirit, and take out the heart of stone in us, and give us a heart of flesh. (Ezk 36:25,26). Oh Lord, write Your laws in my heart!
oh, and one more thing.. i guess is also coz i was at the wrong place at the wrong time... which incidentally is wat King David did too... He was at the wrong place at the wrong time coz he was in a way irresponsible, LIKE ME. and so, he was caught off guard! we can never be off guard..coz the devil goes around roaring and waiting to devour... to wait for us to be off guard... ok.. be RESPONSIBLE!!
