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It's Hard.....
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By Michael P. Johnson
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            It's Hard..... 

It’s not that hard to see who’s blind

Where faith is less than low

Where Satan clouds a person’s mind

Through seed his demons sow

 

It’s not that hard to see who’s dumb

Who lend The Truth no ear

Who hear of hell of things to come

But show no earthly fear

 

It’s not too hard to see just why

The world seeks every thrill

To see the reason why they die

Who neighbours seek to kill

 

It’s not to hard to see them fail

Searching for selfish gain

Who steal who cheat who land in jail

Where chains their lives restrain

 

But where it’s hard; is deep inside

Between the bone and nerve

To rid oneself of foolish pride

And find the will to serve

 

It’s hard to watch the world go by

Our wayward self to give

It’s hard to feel self slowly die

Through Christ God’s Son to live

 

It’s hard a soul for God to win

Cause neighbours and friends to see

To bring the lost and prisoner in

For Christ to set them free

 

It’s hard to live without The Lord

Watching all others grow

Knowing it’s they who’ll flee The Sword

When you are down below.....

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Submitted: Friday, August 30, 2013

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013

About the Poet
I never wrote a word of poetry in my life. Till the day Jesus took my hand and touched my soul.....I invite your response. However most poems are not about me! Very few are. But the feed-back good, bad or indifferent is always desired. Not meant to offend, but I write about many things in many a guise. Of life, death, lost, found, saved, backsliders, new comers, repenting souls, doubting hearts, heathens, Christians, fire, water, Satan's daughter, wallowing in sin, saved, made sound walking in Light, graceful righteous. Suffering, ecstatic, bored, excited, sad, delighted, Sick, well, lame, able, living, dying, etc. etc. etc. Writing about anything, everything and everyone as the spirit leads. All meant to reveal, waken, revive, encourage, shame, help. Gladden, pick up, exalt, portrait, liberate. Again over 99% of my work is not about me. Although at times I write as though I were or am. Speaking e.g. in the first person. This is quite common even in the bible itself. Prophets speak of themselves, then God speaks, again the prophet, then God......Quite often it's difficult to distinguish whom it is that at any given time is speaking or narrating.

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