The Beginning of You:

Is it enough to say you are clean 

Because water has touched your skin, 

Or is purity of heart the real sign of cleanliness?

Is it enough to claim your guiltless just 

Because your hands remain sinless, 

Or are thoughts of the mind the initial action?

Is it enough to believe you are strong 

Because you do not feel weak,

 Or is strength only found in the arena of fault?

Is it enough to feel alive

 Because you are still breathing,

 Or does true life only sprout from death? 

Jesus taught that outward rituals do not prove righteousness.

Nor does the appearance of knowledge tell of ones understanding.

Lip service appeases the ears of the hearer, 

But Jesus desired a closeness of heart.

Even if your hand did not commit a crime, 

If felt in the heart the deed was done. 

Jesus taught that He is the strong foundation

The steady rock that could not be moved.

Remain in me, and I in you...

Steer clear of the traps set before you 

And cling ever more to me when you fall.

Life and Death.

Before you is a choice...

Choose Life.

For Death has been defeated.

Life is what became of one dying innocently.

 

My plea is this-

That as I follow in His footsteps

Life would sprout from each blow 

That draws me closer to the 

End of Me

And the 

Beginning of You!