The reason why I
laugh, catch joke, sides splitting,
Belly bus, the table
I’m licking,
As I reminisce in
days of old,
Stories run through
my mind,
Mysteries unfold.
I muse on Your goodness,
Your mercy, Your grace,
Plenty times You’ve
come through for me
And helped me save
face,
Your humour, my
it gets me every time,
I tried to go my
own way,
But you pulled me
back in line.
I laugh when I think
of the madness I tried to do,
Thinking I knew
it all,
Believing I was
almost, if not better than You!
You laughed with
me, But told me “I don’t think so!!!”
You are the Almighty
God,
The one and only
way to go.
The reason why I
smile, teeth gleaming ever bright,
I think about those
dark sad days
When all was nothing
but night.
You came like lightening,
quicker than that!
Mowed my problems,
see them on the floor there flat.
I smile when I see
how you’ve blessed me,
Blessing me deeper
still.
My God, can this
really be real???
The reason why I
cry, eyes red, nose running,
Tissue box full,
to the end its coming.
I remember where
You brought me from,
Way back down the
hill.
Now I’m at the top
Living large, praising
Your Name still!!
You could have left
me way back when,
Forgot what You
created,
But you took me
in Your arms,
My sins alleviated.
The reason why I
sing “Lord You are my song!!”
You looked passed
my foolishness,
Kept no record of
my wrongs.
Sweet melodies from
Heaven,
Drop down on my
head,
Like manna in the
desert,
My soul has been
fed.
So when you see me
mad style,
Totally out of my
mind,
Giving praises to
my God, the One Divine,
Don’t run for the
straight jacket,
Or say I’m ‘Buck
wild’,
God says it’s ok,
I am His child.
Copyright ©
Sabrina Barrett, February 2000