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February 10-13, 2021

 

I've been told that had my life been different

if I'd grown to be a man in another land

if Id been otherwise parentally indoctrinated

if Id not been so abundantly blessed

I would be anything other than what I am

a white, Christian man living in Canada

but I doubt it, very much I doubt it

having always held to the core of my faith

I have seen it change and caused it change

have been undoctrinating my indoctrination

one cannot study God and hold such things

as some pastors (whom I respect) have taught

still teach, or parents, or family, or friends

I have seen my faith change, see it change yet

not toward what man would have me believe

but toward what God would have me know

ever more so moving away from false futility

toward the glorious light of God's good truth

and I know that this is not of myself alone

but is of He Who holds my hand, my life

to guide me ever on to knowing more of Him

and this I know too, that had I been born

in a much different land, to a much different life

reared by much different parents, and among

much different family, friends and living

I would still have heard and heeded His call

if I could leave what those I love hold dear

here, in this life that I am living now, I know

without any doubt, I would leave anything else

for the joy of following Him anywhere He leads

 


I've Been Told

A poem by Peter Rhebergen

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