Sorry for the unannounced hiatus; this past month has been a busy one. Some big events have come or are approaching, and I needed to devote my attention to them. But now, like MacArthur, I have returned 🙂

In a very real sense, this poem is a prayer. I wrote this during a time when I was very much struggling in my personal life. I was uncertain of how to avoid sinful thoughts in my own mind, so I called out to GOD. I compared myself to a sheep constantly wandering away from the safe presence of the shepherd, never seeming to learn, asking GOD to empower me to live righteously in the victorious life He has called me to live.

“From sheep to Shepherd” (#13)
Lord, you know my flesh and the way
It continually tempts me to run astray.
It’s tempting, Lord-too well I know it-
To satisfy my desires of the moment.
And every time, You patiently
Seek and search after to find me
To bring me back to the place of Your love,
And I know I should seek my reward from above;
Yet I continually fall into the same old trap,
With seemingly no more urging from Satan than a tap
On the door of my heart-so this do I plead:
That You would give me Your armor, and the ability to lead
Others to You, away from the lust
Of this life, which we should by no means trust
To bring us true peace-for that comes from You;
Your Word and the past show this to be true.
So lead on, my Good Shepherd, to everlasting rest,
And the path that for me is best.
I pray that I would daily read Your word-not leaving it on the shelf,
And that you would guide me away from sin and my dangerous self.