DAY 69
LOST TREASURE

A father's arms
I wished had held me
A simple warm embrace
and offer of encouragement
but none could come
It failed to come
for the man, who was my father
was now, gone
He could have lived many more years
if he had chosen Righteousness
but he looked to bring forth wealth and prestige
and lost it all in the process

Do I miss the arms that would hold me tight?
Am I angry at this story's sorry plight?
Do I wish that my father had been a man of right?

We all make mistakes
We all choose things in life which are
less than admirable
less than holy
less than what God would choose for us
We all fail
but tell me, people
I offer you this gift today
from my father and me:
When you are given a chance to repent
take it full force
and turn from your sins
turn and renounce your heart
which led you to chase after other "gods"
Call a halt to all that defames
because you see
this man, my father
was given the chance
and he refused
He could have been a blessing
instead, in his death
became a burden to many

We all have the choice each day
Will we be cleansed and available for God's
true and right service
or will we live for ourselves
defaming our family and our legacy?

He was given this word
1 year before his death
to contemplate
to ask to know Truth
to hope to be redeemed
to bring forth
Righteousness
and not a city of deceit

His repentance in the very end
was true
His home is secure in the Heavens
but he missed out on so much
in order, to try to prove his worth

Our worth is found in
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords
and nowhere else
Seek Him
while there is time

Seek Him now!

DAY 70