July 22, 2013

I, too, was a captive/hostage of the enemy before Christ rescued me…

  While I visited a prison in Boston while on a mission trip with my daughter and some of the youth from our church, our hearts broke for the young men we met in the prison.  Their minds were held in bondage by an enemy who wanted to destroy them …but we prayed because each one of the young people was ENGRAVED on the heart of our loving God, and we knew that they could be rescued within the walls of the prison, claimed by their Loving Father…Set Free…within the constraints of the legal consequences of their actions… And knowing that God had a purpose and plan for their lives…..

We celebrate His redeeming love!

 

“Set Free”

For the captives in Boston, and all captives everywhere…written on the heart of God!

 

Alone I traveled, alone I trod, without the love or the face of God.

For I had chosen the lonely way—they lied to me, with hell to pay.

They said I’d no longer feel the pain—but fire now burned in my heart and brain.

They said they’d give it all to me—living cool, just let it be!

I chose their lies to feed my soul…and down I fell into a hole,

Of hatred, darkness, fear and shame…

My life was gone; I had lost the game.

So lonely I stayed and shed my tears, haunted by pain and all my fears.

Then I looked UP and saw a Light, of Love and Glory shining bright.

A Voice spoke,

 “Child, don’t you see, you mean everything in the world to Me.

I went to the darkest part of Hell to set you free and pay your bail.

I paid your debt for evermore…But you must come with Me through the door.

You must say,”

“Lord, I choose You this day…I know You came to pay my way.

I cannot do this without You; I believe everything You say is true.”

I fell before Him to the floor; my sin spilled out as never before.

Trusting Him, my soul reborn, out of the darkness to the Light of morn.

His hand reached down and pulled me up; He handed me the Bread and the Cup.

He pulled me gently to His side, to His love—so deep–so wide…

NOW I walk with the Living God; He stays with me wherever I trod.

No matter what the world gives me, I’m with my God eternally.

Someday, I’ll run and be free once more, but I will not choose what I chose before.

For I was bought with Jesus’ sacrifice; for me, He paid the highest price.

For I am royalty! A child of The King! For Him, I live; for Him I sing!

For I was blind but now I see…He came to set this captive free.

Joyfully in Christ,