When a Man Becomes a Man
When does a man become a man at age or early youth
When should he be expected to stand all alone on Truth
When should his life reflect the One Who gave His all for him
When should he see in others blessings he might bring to them
When does a man who holds the lives of others in his hands
Accept responsibility for how he keeps God's plans
Through words and by example in the options he must choose
Securing those entrusted with the souls he must not lose
Is it when he's been prodded by his mother's loving words
From way back in the cradle in those stories that he heard
Of heroes from the Bible who let God have full control
To save His wayward children from the devil's evil goal
Or is it by example that his father lives to give
Of how a man is faithful in the way that he must live
Defending those more feeble who have been trusted to him
And working hard providing what is needed most for them
Or maybe there's no father or a mother that he knew
When should he be expected to live like a man must do
To break the mold created by the void left in his life
To be a loving father and a husband to one wife
That sees in him a treasure God's created him to be
Who seeks each day God's favor through his own integrity
He lays before his Maker his Creator and his King
In dedication of his will in all and everything
That he might be that channel God's created him to be
Not holding to excuses of his painful history
But holding to the promises his Father died to give
Sealed by the cross of Calvary where Jesus died to live
Within the heart of every man who chooses not to go
Down that path of destruction that the lost of earth will know
If not led by example of the men God calls today
To be the light of life for Him to show the world the Way
By prayerful Bible study looking more and more to Christ
Adhering to His principles for life at any price
That everyone might see in him what God wants them to see
A man who came to manhood at the cross of Calvary
Proverbs 23:26
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