Life is like a Mystery…
Like a river that twist and turn
Sometimes carrying one, for miles and miles
Then suddenly…
A fork appears in the river
“I’m afraid…I don’t know which way to turn…What do I do?”
But, with great hesitation…I make no choice
The RIVER chooses for me

Again, I’m on this long, long journey
Of twists and more twists and more turns
Hitting rocks, and clefts and river sides
“I’m scared…I’m scared…I’m scared I’ll die”
Because I don’t know which way this river will end
I don’t know this end of life
I don’t know what is in the unknown
Nor if I’ll be kicked to shore, at all.

The water is deep…the water is dark
Rushing waters… rushes over me
I’m blinded by the waterfall…I cannot see
My heart is beating, panting, so frantically
“I’m scared,,,I’m really scared
Can SOMEBODY help me please?”
As I settled upon the river’s stool
Not knowing which way I’d be pulled
I remember my mother’s prayers of old
“Lord promise me, you’ll save my child please"

And, so I began to cry upon Her God.
A God of whom I’ve never known
Never acknowledged Him
Never wanted to know Him…
But, I find myself in my mother’s prayers
Wrapped and cuddled in her care.
“If you are real God…Then save me now…
SAVE ME NOW, I beg you please”.

And with one swoop of His loving hand
and with one sweet touch
On the sand I lie awake
The river lends me suddenly… to life’s shore
Gasping for air and for life’s breath
Knowing without doubt,
That this Great God heard MY prayer
And as I rise all soaked by life…
Understanding comes fast to me
I know now, I have a choice to make
Concerning this River called ‘Life’
I must make a choice to choose,
Which God of this River I will serve
Or choose rather to die.

And, so I think about the river I was on
The god of that river and how he tried to destroy my soul
And then I think about this Great God of my mother
Who didn’t even know me
and had no reason whatsoever to care for me
And yet...HE...saved my life!

So, as I stand to live again
I say to this world, and to you, my friends
That this Great God of my mother…I CHOOSE TODAY
He is the God of the Lord Jesus Christ
He is the God of the Holy Spirit of Life
And, I confess HIM boldly, before you and all the world
I am saved… I am saved…I made my choice
Concerning this 'River called Life'
WON’T YOU CHOOSE HIM TOO?

An Inspirational poem written by Teresa Francis
August 19, 2008...called ‘THIS RIVER CALLED LIFE’