"I Didn't"

I didn’t always tell the truth,

I didn’t always try,

Sometimes I was quite selfish,

Just barely did get by.

I didn’t always use the words,

That Mama taught me to,

Sometimes in anger said some things,

I wish I never knew.

I didn’t always try to serve,

And help someone in need,

In a hurry making cash,

And my ego for to feed.

I didn’t always go to church,

The way I know I should,

Just too hung over, felt so bad,

Though it would have done me good.

I didn’t always forgive the ones,

Who made me mad because,

I thought I would pay ‘em back,

That’s just the way it was.

So many things I didn’t do,

I made excuse for all,

And then the Spirit took ahold,

I heard the Good Lord’s call.

Thank God He has forgiven me,

And given me new starts,

Healed my bad behavior,

And the deepest, selfish parts.

Now I’m thinking how I can,

Make up for my old past,

But He says I don’t have to,

My cares on Him I cast.

Energized my want to,

Gave me words to say,

And best of all His precious blood,

Has made my life okay.

“Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.” ( 1 John 4:17, NAS)

Sin is defined in a number of ways in the Bible. Here’s one of them, described in the book of James. If you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, it’s a sin. This has been called the sins of omission because they are things we left undone. The letter of James is big on taking action and being a doer of the word. God wants to fill our lives with spiritual proactivity. We are not passive or paralyzed. We are called to act, in Jesus’ name. Someone has said that all that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

Lord, help us to do what we know we should, in Jesus’ name.

Photo by Kirstie Lambert, used by permission. Thanks, Kirstie, and God bless you.