A True Foundation

As a child, in church, I was raised.

Taught the Bible

and the Christian ways.

At an early age, I invited Jesus in.

Learning what was right

and what was sin.

I looked up to my parents--I really did.

I was so proud of the

way they lived.

They were the world to me--

I was so proud.

Then one day there appeared

a very dark cloud.

This cloud hovered over my parents,

whom I loved so dear.

Soon the ugly face of divorce

was soon to appear.

I prayed for them-

I desperately tried.

The many nights I lay

awake and cried.

How could this happen? I often wondered.

To have a wonderful marriage

so utterly plundered.

A sin crept in--and was

allowed to prevail.

Soon this marriage

began to fail.

Let this be a warning to me and to all.

Playing with sin will cause us to fall.

If your life is heading

toward a separation,

build your marriage on Jesus--

a true foundation!

By Jim Pemberton C. 2008