Modern Testimony

I wrote this poem called 'Modern Testimony' in 2020. It is not my testimony exactly, but I experienced much of the emotion expressed in these words.

Cut to the chase,

slip through the breeze.

He's dying,
I'm crying.

Can't see through the tears.

Tears me inside,
outside I'm fighting,
waiting to hit the floor
when the pain gets too bad.

I've got so much to gain
in taking this offer.

Too good to be true,
or maybe too good to miss,

and if I miss it
will another one come along
in a lifetime of days.

Days of despair
sink rapidly away
as I rise into
the light of new life.

I said "Yes"
What could I do,
there was love in His eyes.

That's my fairy tale
to be truly loved
for who I am,

and who is He,
this One who died on a tree

for me and mine,
and you and yours.

Never ending circles of connection going out.

We can tell others.

Should we tell others?

Yes. He's alive.

He has risen from the dead,
conquered death,
so you and I don't have to die.

Glory.

There's glory in the house.

It's thick like the presence of heaven,
giving gifts to His children.

I am lost in wonder,
but no longer lost to my King.

My Lord.

He is adored.

I love Him.

You can too.

We all have our own unique testimony of how we connected to God and received Jesus as our Savior and Lord. For some it is a more gradual process, for others a dramatic life changing moment. It doesn't really matter how it happens. It matters that it does happen.

Jesus didn't die as a historical figure who got into trouble with the religious authorities of His day. He was God made flesh, the incarnate Savior who came to save us from the power of the devil and the kingdom of darkness, to pay the legal requirement for our sin so we can be free from judgment and come into eternal relationship with God.

Testimony matters because people can dispute ideas and beliefs, but they can't dispute testimony. No one can tell me what I experienced didn't happen. No one can make me doubt what actually happened to me in the moment I connected with God and said 'yes' to Jesus being my Savior and Lord.

Maybe a good thing to do while spending time listening to God is to allow the Holy Spirit to remind us of our own personal journey and experience of connection. I'm sure gratitude will spring up in our hearts, and we will want to talk to others about what happened to us and how Jesus has changed our lives for good.