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Exalting God

Apathy Toward God

I looked upon a farm one day

That once I used to own;

The barn had fallen to the ground

The fields were overgrown.

The house in which my children grew

Where we had lived for years…

I turned to see it broken down

And brushed aside the tears.

I looked upon my soul one day to find it too had grown

With thorns and nettles everywhere

The seeds neglect had sown.

The years had passed

While I had cared for things of lesser worth.

The things of heaven I let go

While minding things of earth.

To Christ I turned with bitter tears and cried

“O Lord forgive!”

I have not much time left for Thee

Not many years to live.

The wasted years forever gone

The days I can’t recall.

If I could live those days again

I’d make Him Lord of all.

── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical Preaching》