Don't let embarrassment or anything keep you down, or from coming to Jesus.

Song Of The Grateful

Out of the muck and the mire.

On to the rock that is higher.

Yes you set me on the rock that is higher than I.

You answered my plea as soon as You heard my cry.

You forgave me when I felt unforgivable.

You took away my shame and made life livable.

Jesus I love You.

I thank You for all You do.

Your praise is in my heart, on my lips, and in my mind.

There is none like You such a precious treasure to find.

Jesus I love You.

I want others to know You too.

King of  kings, Lord of lords, awesome and true.

There is no other God besides You.

The Fall

One day when I was taking out the trash during the rainy season I slipped and fell in the mud. If  I had been alone it wouldn't have been so bad. But, I live on a school campus and it so happened at the time I fell it was in front of about twenty or more teenage students. Trash truck where we take the trash is located behind the cafeteria. To get to it I have to walk across a small grassy area in sight of some class rooms and the path that leads to the cafeteria. The grass in that area gets very soggy and slippery. When I fell I was so embarrassed I wanted to just lay there. None of the teens came over to me or asked how I was. I was grateful for that because it would have added to my embarrassment. I picked myself up. I saw that I had mud all down the one side where I fell and, on my backside where I had to get to a sitting position so I could get up. I had already gotten rid of the trash and was on my way back home so, I was saved added embarrassment. My life was something like that trip to the trash can. When I left home and started living on the streets doing drugs and alcohol I knew I was walking a slippery path. The lower I sank it was like falling in the mud. I was became covered with the muck and mire of  the wrong path of  life I had chosen. By the time I realized to my embarrassment how filthy I had become I felt it was to late to change. When I did try to get jobs my past blocked the way. When I did try to rehabilitate old friends blocked the way. And alas even I sabotaged my own self. Then thanks be to God someone introduced me to Jesus! Also other brothers and sisters in Christ helped me to keep a firm grip on Him until I could stand in Him on my own. Jesus! Wonderful Jesus! He is my hero! He really did pull me out of the muck and the mire! And I can gladly say today that He daily sets my feet upon the solid rock! I knew Him once as a little child. Then as I grew up I became like the prodigal son I ran off, did my own thing, and became very shameful. Yet like the father in the story, when I came to Jesus He accepted, love, and forgave me right there on the spot! What a humbling experience! That one so undeserving as I was loved, forgiven, and accepted by the one who gave His life for me! Romans 3:9-20, Luke 15:11-32, Romans 5:6-11, Psalm 40:1-17

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