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   From: first_john_1_9@yahoo.com   
      
   My Testimony - An ode to the sovereignty of God   
      
   by DJW   
      
   I loved the darkness and hated the light.   
   My eyes were blinded to see my plight.   
      
   I didn't worry, I didn't fret.   
   I loved my sin with no regret.   
      
   I was told to seek the Lord,   
   but I would not of my own accord.   
      
   What would it take to make me choose Him?   
   I couldn't do it; I always chose sin.   
      
   What of my works, decisions and confessions?   
   Those were tainted by my transgressions.   
      
   What of faith and belief - would those do?   
   If they were from self, they would not be true.   
      
   This was my problem; I was dead within.   
   My supposed freewill only knew sin.   
      
   I realized my will would not suffice.   
   God doesn't need man's advice!   
      
   I needed God to intervene,   
   blot out my sin and make me clean.   
      
   God opened my ears to hear His Law.   
   My sins were exposed; I was in awe.   
      
   He opened my eyes to see His Cross.   
   I learned Christ His Son had paid my cost.   
      
   A new heart within, God had implanted.   
   Even my repentance was God granted.   
      
   O man it's God who does the choosing.   
   If you think it's you, God's grace you're abusing.   
      
   O man it's God who makes you believe.   
   If you credit yourself, you're still deceived.   
      
   So don't point at God and say: "I have a choice!"   
   Rather praise Him for choosing you and rejoice.   
      
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   Blessed is the man You choose,   
   And cause to approach You ...   
   (Psa 65:4a)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)