From chrysalis to butterfly

This is a poem that I wrote some years ago, shortly after I had been born again. I just thought I would share it in case a newly born Christian comes over to my blog, or if someone is going through similar things :-

Lord when I'm being taunted

and mocked for loving You

cause me to remember

that You was taunted too

When I'm being laughed at

for calling on Your name

let me see You standing there 

and taking all that shame

And if I'm being tempted

to draw back into sin

tell me 'Turn away child

don't let the Devil win'

Lord sometimes it's difficult

to die to sinful man

when the Spirit says 'you can't'

and the flesh says 'yes you can'

I'm so afraid I'll fail You

the old man can be strong

sometimes it's hard to tell, Lord

what's right and what is wrong

The old man says 'Retaliate!'

to every harsh word said

The new says 'You've been born again

the old man is now dead'

So Lord teach me to listen

when I hear You speak

Create in me a spirit

that is lowly and meek

Take away the 'old man'

of anger, greed and lust

Form a new creation

inside this outer crust

Help me to forgive them

when the world abuses me

teach me how to show Your love

that I know can set them free

Lord help me go all the way

to that rugged cross

Show me that to lose this 'life'

is gain and not a loss

And then just like the chrysalis

that hangs upon it's thread

I'll become a 'butterfly'

and You'll have raised the 'dead'