Illumination

Prompts:From a Mile Away
Light Without Dark (used this prompt)
Silence Has a Sound
A Lifetime to Realize
Hard to Remember Who I Am
What Good is Supposed to Be
Traced in Constellations
What You Choose to Remember

I am a sinner saved by grace;
A foreigner in this earthly place.
My Savior died that I might be
With Him for all eternity.

I long for my Heavenly home
To be at rest, no more to roam
After the setting of the sun.

'Til then, I'll praise Him in all things,
No matter what this earth-life brings;
Give thanks to Him every day
Whenever I will pause to pray.

I've vowed to walk right by His side,
Although at times, I did backslide
To a life that I declared was done.

No perfect saint, I'm just a man
Trying to live the best I can;
To love my neighbor as He said
To share His Holy word instead

Of lapsing back to my old ways.
I find that now I spend my days
Pursuing Christ, the Holy One.

His grace extends to all you see,
For when Jesus died on Calvary
He died that all men would be free.
His red blood covered you and me.

He foresaw Satan's many tries
To tempt the world with tricks and lies
To turn souls away from the Son.

Christ, light without dark, free from sin,
He died and rose to live again.
He will return one day, I know,
To gather those who love Him so

To live with Him eternally
In complete peace and harmony
When the final victory's won.

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