New Beginnings
There is a land oft spoken of where one can choose to go
A land where there's a journey that that one may little know
Where all the old is left behind and new things lie ahead
A place where living people go and leave behind the dead
Not to be all forgotten but remembered as they should
Reflecting on those special times when that old life was good
But moving on with new direction from past lessons learned
By grace the opportunity that Christ for us has earned
As He had new beginnings from a past He won't repeat
That left behind the lessons that are meant for us to meet
With thankfulness and grace-filled-ness as like Him we become
Pursuing what lies new ahead and not where we've been from
For only in the Christian walk directed by the Lord
Can we obtain what He provides that we cannot afford
A new life with a new perspective from our Father's hand
That has a new focused attention on what He has planned
And that would be the person He's created us to be
Refashioned in His image for this opportunity
To be His living channel through which He can freely flow
To wake the world to righteousness that they have need to know
Is free to those who want it who want peace and joy inside
Who want His Holy Spirit daily in them to abide
And be the Light in this dark world that all men need to see
A soul made new at His command in heart and purity
That God sees as the only thing important in His eyes
As daily with His perfect help this new enlistee tries
To be a soldier of the cross no more a slave to sin
A bright ambassador of Light whose work will never end
But will through endless ages be rewarding every day
As throughout all the universe we share through things we say
The blessings and the honor being one with Christ does bring
As daily we have all we need as well as everything
That God before ordained for us before we ever fell
Great riches in His Kingdom pure of which no tongue can tell
Because of what He's done for us and how we did return
To Him the love this new life brings of which we've still to learn
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
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