The Book

© By Helaluddin


I've been sitting here thinking
Of my life up to now
The many roads I've traveled
As I was searching how
I could make it into heaven
And really what it took
And it came to me quite suddenly
The way is in THE BOOK.

Yes, I've stumbled quite a lot
As I've wandered through this life
There were times I didn't care
If what I did was wrong' or right.
Somehow God was patient
Each time His plan I forsook
And I didn't pay attention
To what was written in THE BOOK.

Now I thank God for His mercy,
For watching over me each day
For sending His son, Jesus
To show us all the way.
I thank Him most of all, though
For causing me to look
For I always knew the answer
Would be written in THE BOOK.

Emilie Lenhart Robertson

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