There I sat
Hopeless and broken
Fighting back words
That should have
Never been spoken

 Words a father
Should have never said
To his own son
Knowing with me
He was totally done

 Turned loose on the world
With a total bad attitude
Not knowing the meaning
Of the word gratitude

 Learning to hate
At every turn
And every mistake
Knowing I would never
Be given any kind of break

 Battle scars on
My head and arms
Why was I chosen
As a child to be harmed?

 Hurt within me
Piling up by the day
Knowing I had to turn
But which way?

 Stumbling through life
With two kids and a wife
Struggling always just
To take one day at a time

 Trying to always
Up root the pain
Trying to be normal
And just stay the same

 Trying so so hard
To get my life in order
Then I’d start to wonder
Why would I bother

 As I would stand and
Look at my wife and kids
I knew I had to keep
My life inside the grid

 In the mirror I saw
A life out of control
Then came to the decision
To put my heart on patrol

 Now on a mission
To save my soul
And dig myself out
Of this deep deep hole

 Next I asked Jesus
To come into my heart
And put it back together
A life ripped apart

 So he put me back together
Sent me on my way
Now I work for him
To this very day

 I’ll stand and defend
Him every single day
He put my life on the mend
And with him
I WILL ALWAYS STAY

 Father God – Thank you for
Sending Jesus to save
My life- I praise you
And thank you in Jesus name

Amen

Author: Rodney Timms