Panto's Perspective

I had an epiphany today A realization of the way The person that I want to be Depends on no one else but me I felt the need to be approved I could not get the pain removed But none can stop the pain I hide It only ends if I abide I blamed myself for all the pain Reliving moments time again I thought for me to truly free I'd need the world forgiving me But now I see I held me back I was the one who I attacked I'm not the only one who's sinned And worse than I the Lord have cleaned Must stop the hate for who I've been And focus on just who I'm being The shame for what I did must pass To graduate beyond this class I'm not the man of years ago I did repent through scripture pure I'm not what people see in me I'm me, the me that God made free

What is this fight that you go through? You struggle strongly with what to do You ponder possible plans and pray Just what's the best I can today? The wind of defiance blows your heart The people say stop but you know you cannot They see a monster and are terrified They wish instead that you died You open your mouth to speak your case They stare at you with hardened face The time had come for him to end You've taken away one of their friends You're lost for words just for a moment Then with resolve, the sword was spent Blood on your hands - still warm and moist You had to make the ultimate choice The man lay dead and just ahead You feel relief despite their dread Yet still, the people are insane They'll raise him back on up again And then the fight will start anew The old man back to get at you So dying daily is the quest For God must only have your best Each time he comes you must resist Your life and strength for sure increased No matt...

This is what holds my heart each day And daily these words my heart doth say The world we live is real and true We can't deny through all we do We wish we all could get along But every right must fight the wrong Lies, deception ever there Hatred, malice, lack of care The things I've learned in my brief span There's no fortuity, just the plan Oppression is a natural way of life And some are made to gender strife I used to think that God's just love But I see wrath from up above I thought that evil was by chance But life and death are in His hands That's why I pray that truth will reign Each day I hope in spite the pain The Lord has set for us a natural order He is the strongest so why bother Till he comes I will accept what's real Forget my emotions or how I feel His love for Israel cannot change He'll punish the nations - it's not strange The way we think the world should be Our thoughts below what He can see Accept the tr...

The race is not for the swift Nor the battle to the strong Favour is not to the skilled And bread is not for the wise It is God that opens our eyes He controls all healed and killed We receive for our wrong But his grace is a gift Though one labour with haste He is still behind Yet there is one that is slow But is pushed ahead of the grind The Lord brings low and lifts up too None can resist what he willeth to do

Sometimes we take our lives lightly But we don't know where our words can reach Or the people with our lives that we teach At times, we may feel like we don't make a mark And wish to give up when we're under attack Still we don't know we ignited some sparks And someone is walking along our tracks We don't know who we inspire Or who we've delivered out of the fire So when it's down to the wire We can't give up; we can't give in We don't know and to assume may be sin Till the relief comes with the morning light We must endure the dreadful night Surely, it's a painful fight But if we give up we'll never know Just how much we can grow If we give up we'll never see What God knows we're meant to be

For God so loved the world That he gave his only begotten son But Israel shall be saved As the world that won't be undone Israel is precious in my sight This says the savior of Israel descendants Because the Lord loved Israel He'll keep the oath sworn to your parents Whosoever believes on the son Shall have everlasting living Children of Abraham, to whosoever Among you is the word of salvation given In mount Zion shall be rescue In the remnant, God shall call Jesus prays not for the world But for those given by the Father not fall Israel shall be saved with everlasting salvation For Israel, just Israel is the elect of the Father Israel be saved and no other nation Hence Zephaniah two verse one says to gather

I have problems with myself I really need them to go But the how or the when I really don't know I see myself failing A flaw in my mind It's easier to see me Wrong all the time I look at the way Of the people around me I feel like it's hopeless But I try to agree I can't hold my trust for Some people for long I'm sometimes paranoid And it's annoyingly strong Relief only comes When I share of my mind Seeking out comforting words All the time Relief only comes when I release the thought And someone can tell that it's not that But fear then comes knocking The fear that they lied And fear that I'm hated In secret denied This mind always working It's weighing me down My vision gets blurry In circles, I turn O why can't I trust That I know the true picture? I know I'm in need Of applying more scripture I'm praying to God Release this my load This great accumulation Of troubles, I've towed I live in my ...

At the crossroads again And it's still not plain Where do I go? I wanna know What do I do? Must make it through How do I survive While staying alive? Why am I here? It's really not clear Who to ask for direction At this intersection? When will I get there To my final destination? I'm in a quandary Do I have it in me? Will I make the right decision? Am I asking the right questions? Worse than the wrong action is in-action I'll use the answers I have to my satisfaction