People Around Me

Hey this is a poem I wrote last year for my English class. We were told to go home and write a page about whatever was on our hearts. I have been wanting to post it for a while and now I just figured out how. I hope that God uses it to inspire you to reach out to your classmates in this upcoming year. Its titled "People Around Me"

I look around and see people all around me.

What goes on in their hearts I do not know,

Do they let their true selves show?

Every night do tears drench their faces,

Like a heavy rain leaving no dry places?

Do they find themselves always wanting more,

Never satisfied with what this world has to offer?

Have their lives been torn apart by divorce?

Are they running a never-ending racecourse?

Trying to compete with all those around,

Afraid if they fall they may not be able to rebound?

Are they never satisfied with themselves,

Storing all their sins away on ceaseless bookshelves?

Do they carry their sins around on their shoulders,

Weighing them down like big heavy boulders?

Are they about to give in to the weight that they carry,

Thinking they will forever be wary?

Listening to all those around who say they are fools,

Lord help me to show them that what you see is a Jewel,

Sure they may still be in the rough,

But for you God, no heart is too tough.

No sin can take way his love,

Leaving high heaven above,

He came down to save us because of his great love.

He lived a life with no sin and no shame,

And died on the cross taking on all our blame.

He rose again three days later,

He beat the clenches of death for he is much greater.

He died once and for all,

His death saved us from the fall,

Lord help me to project this to all that I meet,

Use me as your hands and feet.

To help them to see,

All that separates them from you is acceptance of your gift, so free.

No we did not earn it, its true,

But Jesus died for all including me and you.