Triumphant

TRIUMPHANT, THROUGH THE GATE SHE CAME
IN A BURST OF BRILLIANT HEAVENLY LIGHT
WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS HE EMBRACED HER
ANGELIC SINGING GREETED HER THAT NIGHT

HER EARTHLY BATTLES HAD BEEN LONG AND HARD
AND SATAN HAD TRIED HIS BEST TO DESTROY
IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR HER CHURCH AND PASTOR
IN HER LIFE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JOY

IN DESPERATION, ONE SUNDAY, SHE HAD GONE
TO THE CHURCH IN THE WOODS THAT DAY
HOPING THAT SOMEONE WOULD SEE HER PLIGHT
TAKE HER HANDS INTO THEIRS AND PRAY

SHE WAS WARMLY GREETED AND TOOK A SEAT
NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT
THE PASTOR TOOK HIS PLACE OF AUTHORITY
OPENED HIS BIBLE AND READ FROM THE TEXT

“IN OUR LORD JESUS YOU ARE A NEW CREATION”
“HIS WORD PROCLAIMS THAT YOU ARE KINGS”
“HIS PROMISES ARE YOURS TO CLAIM, RECEIVE”
“SALVATION, HEALING, PROSPERITY, EVERYTHING”

SHE SAT QUIETLY, SPELLBOUND AND LISTENED
HEARD REVELATIONS SHE’D NEVER HEARD BEFORE
COULD THIS BE THE ANSWER TO HER PROBLEMS?
IF SO, SHE WANTED TO KNOW SO MUCH MORE

“ALL OF GOD’S PROMISES CAN BE YOURS”
“BUT YOU MUST ACCEPT CHRIST AND BELIEVE”
“JUST TAKE HIM INTO YOUR HEART TODAY”
“BY FAITH HIS PROMISES YOU WILL RECEIVE”

“CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE,” SHE THOUGHT
“IF SO, THEN WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY LOSE?”
“INSTEAD OF STRUGGLING THROUGHOUT THIS LIFE
THERE’S A MUCH BETTER PATH I CAN CHOOSE”

THAT MORNING HER LIFE ABRUPTLY CHANGED
AS SHE RECEIVED CHRIST INTO HER HEART
A TRANSFORMATION IN HER TOOK PLACE
FROM HER OLD LIFE DID SHE HAPPILY DEPART

EVERYTIME THE CHURCH DOORS WERE OPEN
SHE WAS THERE FAITHFULLY, EAGER TO LEARN
SHE ABSORBED SCRIPTURE LIKE A SPONGE
AS SHE LEARNED WHERE IN THE BIBLE TO TURN

HER TIME ON EARTH ONE DAY FINALLY ENDED
NOT BY ILLNESS, GOD HAD CALLED HER HOME
AND IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR HER SUNDAY VISIT
AN ETERNITY IN HELL SHE WOULD HAVE ROAMED

NOW IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR THAT CHURCH
THE PROMISES OF GOD THAT ARE TAUGHT THERE
THE DIVINE CALLING ON THE PASTOR’S LIFE
AND HIS LOVE FOR GOD’S WORD TO SHARE

A SOUL WOULD HAVE CONTINUED LIVING DEFEATED
NOT HAVING A CLUE WHAT SHE COULD BE
THROUGH EXHORTATION, TEACHING AND LOVE
SHE BECAME ROYALTY FOR ALL OF US TO SEE

Friday, June 24, 2022