He gave me another chance,<\/p>\n
by grace, to blossom;<\/p>\n
to breathe again.<\/p>\n
knowing I would fall,<\/p>\n
he held the seeds of my new birth,<\/p>\n
and set them in a dry place.<\/p>\n
I withered and died.<\/p>\n
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Far from Him, I tried to seek my own life,<\/p>\n
wallowing in regrets and strife,<\/p>\n
he waited until my eyes<\/p>\n
grew blurry and dim unable to survive,<\/p>\n
without Him.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Finding no pleasure in this foolish escape,<\/p>\n
I was lost and<\/p>\n
could not rescue\u00a0 my soul,<\/p>\n
I had lost control<\/p>\n
getting lost in unfamiliar rhythms – sporadic beats,<\/p>\n
discord and unsung melodies,<\/p>\n
that altered my path.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I was blinded by a world I did not recognize,<\/p>\n
yet not caring if I lived or died…falling…lying in<\/p>\n
my vanity.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Unguided choices threw me into a<\/p>\n
cistern of drowning consequences,<\/p>\n
recompense for rebellion and doubt.<\/p>\n
Yet His love guided me and lifted me out,<\/p>\n
righted my fall when on His name I called<\/p>\n
and praised Him for His mercy.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I found favor as He rescued me from dried places,<\/p>\n
in this seed were no traces<\/p>\n
of life to stand.<\/p>\n
Yet, by His command,<\/p>\n
he planted me by refreshing waters,<\/p>\n
Restored, He gave me another chance to blossom,<\/p>\n
to breathe again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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