BROKEN GROUND

Broken ground is a place

Where all of us have been.

Darkness surrounds us and it seems

Our world is caving in.

When life is good and we are safe

We don’t need assistance.

Our good fortune and well being

Will carry us the distance.

I’m so smart, I can’t fail

I studied really hard.

I’m talented beyond compare

There’s much in which I’ve Starred.

Behold the empire that I built

Now I am surly in control.

Hey, I just won the lotto

Look at me, I’m on a roll.

The desires of your heart

Define your scale of measure.

Is your happiness and success

Based on worldly treasure?

When trouble strikes you hard and fast

How are you affected?

You never had a use for God

But now you want to be connected.

The magnitude of each ordeal

Is based on your perception.

As fear creeps in, do you succumb

To the devil’s deception?

Know that God is always there

As you live life day to day.

But were you so busy in your life

He just got in your way?

So busy doing this and that

It’s not what you’d call sin.

But now that tragedy has struck

You want to let God in.

You may have sat in church for years

You saw him every Sunday.

But where was he in your life

When it came to Monday?

What’s the difference between

The casual Christian and the sinner?

One thinks he knows the Lord

And one’s a worldly winner.

As our world of security’s challenged

Like it was on 9/11

We realize we’re not in control

And we raise our hands to Heaven.

Our life becomes broken ground

Into which our security is falling.

This is the time and the place

We are ready to hear God’s calling.

God gave the gift of forgiveness

Through the death of his son Jesus.

He allowed the death of his only son

In order that he could free us.

All he asks us in return

Is to die to our sinful ways.

We are to become a new self in Jesus

And be faithful all our days.

God doesn’t promise us painless lives

We suffer for his glory.

It’s when we are weak that he is great

And God’s victory is our story.

So if you are in a place

Where your future is in doubt

When you have looked everywhere

And there’s no one to help you out.

The time has come to seek out God

And ask for his forgiveness.

Invite Jesus into your heart

And become a Christian witness.

When Jesus becomes your shinning light

Those earthly things won’t matter.

The veil of darkness will be lifted

And worldly demons all will scatter.

A peace will come into your life

And a joy will fill your heart.

So surrender yourself to the Lord.

Right now’s the time to start.

Just speak these words out loud

“Jesus you are My Lord and Savior

In you I am born again

I will change my heart and my behavior.”

Make Him Lord of your life

And devalue earthly pleasure.

When you put him first in your heart

You build up heavenly treasure.

Spread the news, share his word

And through his words you’ve spoken

The lost and lonely can be reached

When their ground is finally broken.

By William C. Scheel II

          (Bill)       (Shale)

4/15/11 REVISED