Into the Abyss
It is sad to behold our steady spiral into the abyss
To witness humanity in wretchedness, wandering amiss
Each day is becoming as dark as the night
We grope in the daytime, dimmed eyes, distorted sight
Many savor the darkness, supposing it is new light
Evil is the new good and wrong, the new-found right
Addiction to self is sullying what we could be
Anarchy, apathy are advancing, annihilating our would-be
Our broken compass is ever ushering us down
To the depths of delusion, despair, wherein men drown
We waywardly worship status and stuff, to our own hurt
To seize more we step on principle and people like dirt
Truth, to most, is only relative, not in anyway absolute
What is right in one’s own eyes is the unsound substitute
Shamefully, in this, the visible church has become complicit
Dramatized diluted oratory of men’s ideas is what crowds solicit
People who hold sincerely to God’s truth, we publicly demonize
While those who perilously preach for profit, we openly, idolize
The true called out community, at times, is hard to discern
The Christ-like way of life is no longer of utmost concern
We are glad, just to get our orchestrated worship and praise on
Folks falter within feet of the church doorstep, while we carry-on
We faintheartedly fear fleshly men, making them our god
We have lost the fear of our Maker, our Master-Almighty God
Father, we are weighed down by sin, headed in the wrong direction
Forgive and renew us that we may exalt You with holy affection
Thank You for Your Son sent to save us, dying, taking our place
Jesus, despite the troubling times, I am grateful that those who trust in
You shall be upheld, ascend to You, thanks to Your amazing grace
But all this will be only the beginning of the horrors to come. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But those who endure to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come. (Matthew 24:8-14 NLT)
RevLDReed
I Owe Jesus
6/19/08
It is sad to behold our steady spiral into the abyss
To witness humanity in wretchedness, wandering amiss
Each day is becoming as dark as the night
We grope in the daytime, dimmed eyes, distorted sight
Many savor the darkness, supposing it is new light
Evil is the new good and wrong, the new-found right
Addiction to self is sullying what we could be
Anarchy, apathy are advancing, annihilating our would-be
Our broken compass is ever ushering us down
To the depths of delusion, despair, wherein men drown
We waywardly worship status and stuff, to our own hurt
To seize more we step on principle and people like dirt
Truth, to most, is only relative, not in anyway absolute
What is right in one’s own eyes is the unsound substitute
Shamefully, in this, the visible church has become complicit
Dramatized diluted oratory of men’s ideas is what crowds solicit
People who hold sincerely to God’s truth, we publicly demonize
While those who perilously preach for profit, we openly, idolize
The true called out community, at times, is hard to discern
The Christ-like way of life is no longer of utmost concern
We are glad, just to get our orchestrated worship and praise on
Folks falter within feet of the church doorstep, while we carry-on
We faintheartedly fear fleshly men, making them our god
We have lost the fear of our Maker, our Master-Almighty God
Father, we are weighed down by sin, headed in the wrong direction
Forgive and renew us that we may exalt You with holy affection
Thank You for Your Son sent to save us, dying, taking our place
Jesus, despite the troubling times, I am grateful that those who trust in
You shall be upheld, ascend to You, thanks to Your amazing grace
But all this will be only the beginning of the horrors to come. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But those who endure to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come. (Matthew 24:8-14 NLT)
RevLDReed
I Owe Jesus
6/19/08
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