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2018 and Another Go!
8 years ago
Jun 1, 2005
Post By: Dave
Delivered
This is a poem that Ray Jr. wrote (Adina's brother). Thought I would share it, I liked it a lot.
Dave
Dave
Delivered
Cold and abandoned,
I lay in my sins,
weeping in bitter despair.
Agency fails me
when temptation wins,
locking the chains that I bear.
Look to my spirit,
so trodden upon,
banished from all that is fair,
cast into prison
where ransom is gone –
lost, and no longer an heir.
But nevertheless, my cry of distress
is heard and relieves me of shame.
For justice, the price, may mercy suffice,
restoring my heavenly claim!
Something awakens
as truth is confessed,
saving me from my abyss.
What is this fire
that stirs in my breast?
Why are my senses amiss?
Who has delivered
this soul reconciled?
Where dwells a Lamb such as this?
How might I treasure
this love undefiled?
Whose are the feet I shall kiss?
I thought hope had died, but from the outside,
a payment is made in my name.
For justice, the price, may mercy suffice,
restoring my heavenly claim!
Sacred and hallowed
are pages of writ,
words bearing wisdom divine.
Candles in darkness
are softly relit,
showing me line upon line.
Voices of martyrs
that cry from the dust
echo Our Father’s design,
sealing the doctrine
with blood of the just,
sharing the pow’r to refine.
Prophets have spoken of covenants broken,
but I shall not suffer the same.
For justice, the price, may mercy suffice,
restoring my heavenly claim!
Hope for redemption
shall save me from death,
hiding mortality’s trace.
O, how I’ll praise God
with each given breath,
that I might yet see His face!
How can I cower
before carnal fears,
fleeing Gethsemane’s grace?
Only through trials
and penitent tears
can man and Maker embrace.
With honor and zeal, His Truth I’ll reveal,
though men may contend and defame.
For justice, the price, may mercy suffice,
restoring my heavenly claim!
I promise this day I’ll somehow repay,
forsaking the dross of my past.
His blood has been shed. He’s died in my stead.
I’ll come to my Savior at last.
Ray Archuleta, Jr. Oct. 2004
Impressive!!!
Mom