Those Special Papers

No fear.
With a spirit filled with pure love, I declare
Jesus re-created me in Two Thousand and Six A.D
A Christ-follower for a decade minus a couple of years

Years of discipline, years of joy
Years the Lord used to sculpture
A child out of a boy.

Forgotten times, stowed away.

Until my wife
Pulled out notebook upon notebook
As we looked at the contents
Incredible sight! See God’s work in the life of a man
Some flimsy, some holy
Yet all special papers.

Special papers, those guarantees of love
Words given to me
Traced out on Battle-diaries
While in trenches my soul and I lay bleeding
We waited for You to win.

Oh to help me not die
My Saviour got more than just brutalized
Facing a price I could never pay
He offered His soul to be pulverized.

He offers even more, but He needn’t have

Expressions of most mighty love
Now enclosed in special papers
When I read them,
I see how close to me He had come
When by floods of despair I was overcome.

How far You carried me
In the trenches, You nurtured me
Because You showed me truth and love
I know I wanna be truth and love
Be the very image of God Himself.

You see. Some think Him always grand
They think Him a super-hero
and we the public stand

No!

As human as we could ever be
You cared more than
All mothers put together
Poured out grace and kindness
You lead me to repentance

You offer even more, but You needn’t have

Expressions of most mighty love
Now enclosed in special papers
When I read them
I see how close to me You had come
When by floods of despair I was overcome.