Slam No.1

Influenced by listening to "Beautiful Eulogy" and "Surrender" by Beautiful Eulogy. (Yes I'm writing a rap.)

realizing that we're broken is the hardest part about it
and the world that's all around us never ceases to allow it
creeps up in our bones,
in our hearts,
in our jests
never stopping for a moment to have time to realize
we're a mess.

and i feel just like a fraud to find out that i'm the culprit
as i stand up and preach loud, as if i deserve a pulpit
i stand up tall screaming out worlds and things like "grace and truth"
but in my heart i'm crying out maybe it'll make more sense to you...

have we made these things:
forgiveness, mercy, grace, love
just words in our minds in our hearts in our lives?
have we forgotten what it means to love the LORD with all our hearts?
have we lost what love is, left our hearts back at the start?

and it seems we stand for nothing
as we hide our Bibles from the ones who are closest
out of fear they'll mock and leave and then what will you be left with?
but the Gospel is so much more than ink on a parchment
but "separation of Church and State" leaves us paralyzed in our department.

so out of fear of awkward conversations
we become stalled in the world and stop loving from our low expectations
like we're the ones who can change hearts
what a lie filled with unsubstantiated pride
but it's God, He's the only one who can really save a life.

good news is that there's grace for all our follies
a second, third, hundredth chance for all us Christian "phonies" (cronies)
and He loves us no matter how far we've fallen
because He created us to worship though all we did was scorn
He sent His Son to die for us
for once
for all
"it's done."

so now we dwell in peace because we've learned that we can't be perfect
and His sacrifice has saved us though we never deserved it
His love doesn't come through our performance
so in us He's never disappointed
we are free to love, to serve the broken world around us
to reach out to the hungry souls because they used to be us.

but we don't go down this road alone and expect for Him to meet us,
rather we walk alongside and ask for Him to lead us, teach us
because our walk with Him is more than a one-sided conversation
it's a relationship, a fellowship; we find a joy in His patience

and even when we have our doubts, which seem to leave us shaken
we close our eyes, lift our hands, and stand in awe with all of His creation.

Peace&Blessings