"I Was"

My dog that had to go outside awaked me at 3:30 am this morning. What I found with a pet that is 12+ yrs. of age, you get up quick and react fast or pay the consequence. When I returned to try and fall back to sleep my son’s dog decided it was time to play. Well, that I tried to settle the issue quickly. At that time in the early hours I can’t see the ball let alone play with it with her.

What I found was I was having a little trouble falling back to sleep. God used that time to speak to me with a poem titled “I Was!” Let me tell you what a wonderful time it is spending with God when you can’t sleep. I told Him, please don’t let me forget this poem Lord. I didn’t want to get back up for sure the dogs wouldn’t want to go back to sleep again.

So here is the poem that He gave me. After reading it please read His comments that He wants to share with each of you.

I Was

I was a sinner, now I’m a Saint
I was lost, now I’m found,
I was blind but now I see
that my God is all around.

I was hurting but now I’m healed.
I was bound but now I’m free.
I was confused but now I know,
Jesus’ love He has for me.

I was addicted, but now I’m not,
I was struggling but not anymore.
I was the abuser, a curser, the enemy,
but God was not keeping score.

Everything that I was,
that He definitely is not,
He took it all upon Himself
and left it all nailed to the Cross!

E. P. Shagott
9/25/09

Of all the 100+ poems that He has blessed me with this one is truly special. It speaks of everything we are in this earthly world. A world that was fallen to sin that started with Adam and Eve back in the Garden of Eden. But what the poem also speaks of, “I WAS”, past tense. See even though we live is this sinful world; we don’t have to be part of it. The choice is ours. I choose not to be part of the lost, blind to His love. No more with the hurts, being bound to sin, and the constant confusion we live in without Christ in our lives. Praise God for I am free from this world of addictions and the constant struggles within. Free from abusing by words or deeds. I do not want to be part of the enemy’s army but in the Army of God!

Yes, thank You Jesus for all that “I Was”, was left nailed to the Cross! As Martin Luther King once said, “Thank God I am free, free at last! I encourage all who will read this blog, that if you do not have that freedom, to grasp on to it now before it is too late. A friend of mine has given me a small pamphlet that is titled, “If you were to die today are you 100% sure you would go to Heaven?” Are you? There are four things you need to know in order to go to Heaven for sure;
You need to know you are a sinner.
You need to know that there is a penalty for sin, you can’t pay it for yourself.
You need to know that Jesus loves you so much that He has already paid the penalty for you on the cross!
You need to know that Jesus offers you the free gift of Heaven, just accept.

Romans 10:13 For everyone, "whoever shall call on the name of the Lord will be saved."

My friends when I was 15 years old I said this small prayer that was the beginning of spending Eternity with Jesus.

Dear Heavenly Father please forgive me of my sins. I understand I am a sinner and believe the blood of Jesus has cleansed me of all my sins. Please come into my heart and become my Lord and Savior. In Jesus name, Amen.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.

From God’s heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott