Though bad times were a comin’, I did not have a clue,

I had my face so buried in things I had to do,

It all started with missing church and even Sunday school,

I even began to seek the things of this world so cruel.

Just a beer or a glass of wine, moderation in all things,

A lustful look, a thought of greed, and forgetting about my King.

The next thing you know I was falling away ‘cause I lost my focus on him,

I could not stop, I’m sad to say, my faith had grown so thin.

With God in my life I was on my way up on a staircase designed by Him,

Without Him now I was on my way down because of worldly sin.

When I began to realize the folly of my ways,

I was falling too fast to avoid the crash and the end of joyful days.

When I hit bottom it hurt me bad and I almost died,

But what hurt me most of all I know to Jesus I had lied.

I told Him that to live in faith I needed a little more,

But the things I thought were right for me were the things He did abhor.

The things I tried were not that bad, but they hid true goodness from me,

These things covered up Christ’s holy face and oh so blinded me.

They led me away from a godly life and brought confusion to my mind,

I found these things apart from God in places so unkind.

I learned too late the places I went took me deeper into despair,

The deeper I went, the darker it got, and kept me from God’s great care.

He let me go with every drink and every evil deed,

I thought all along I could handle it, but more trouble I did breed.

The depths of despair that I sank to, made me forget my King,

I wanted what the world could give, which was every sinful thing.

Sinful things right then for me were things that gave me pleasure,

I didn’t even think about how in God’s eyes I did measure.

Then one day the bad end came, my ways caught up to me,

I didn’t see the warning signs from sin that blinded me.

I thought that I was in control, my passions all in check,

But what I didn’t realize was that my life was such a wreck.

I lost my joy and even peace, my happiness destroyed,

It was because I lied to Christ and with worldly things I toyed.

Don’t do the things that I have done, no matter how innocent,

Stop doing those things God does abhor, and on your knees repent.  

 Copyright 2004