A friend I used to hang with
had a beautiful way about him
He was the best a person could ask for
He went by the name of Sin
He and I used to laugh together
all hours of the day
He’d bring me gifts of pleasure
and show me splendid ways
When night came, we’d celebrate
under cover of darkened skies
He was the light that filled the places
observed through sedated eyes
He showed me pleasures I loved to bask in
so many, I recall…
Good drugs, illegal ways and women
and I gladly broke the law
I’d find more of his amusements
as time with him ticked on
Deeper into his provision…
he and I were going strong
As most friends do, he left me
with a mess I could not bear
He walked out, and I was left gasping
for a breath of his fresh air
He laughed as he looked back
shaking his head–and with a grin
he said, “Didn’t you know me from the beginning?
Did you not understand why I’m named Sin?”
Sin had the last laugh
as I fell into the fire
He destroyed everything I had become
every emotion
every desire
I ran into the waters
to soothe my aching flesh
but its comfort wasn’t enough
to fix what had progressed
No remedy for the destruction
that Sin left there for me
No rest for the broken soul
no peace
no remedy
I called out to the heavens
the only place I had not tried
I didn’t see the point in trusting
what was not before my eye
I didn’t believe that something I could not see
could fill a void that was so vast
but anything was better than chasing
those things that did not last
Anything was better than trusting
a devil in disguise
The one who laughed behind me
as I fell for all his lies
I feared the God of the Bible
He was such an evil being
Telling people to throw their children against the rocks
and destroying everything?!
But the story had me interested
in knowing why it had been
It didn’t take me long
to know that it was because of Sin
The Lord had a plan from the beginning
to usher in His Son
He knew where the world was heading
before it had begun
People would need a Savior
from the destructive ways of sin
He knew the only way to do so
is found in us trusting Him
When the Christ came
He spoke truth
the kind no one had heard
the religious called Him crazy
rebellious and absurd
But He was the One who knew
why He would die alone
for the sin that was inside them
the same sin that I have known
Sin is an old friend of mine
we had good times, it’s true
but he always left me empty
Fleeting pleasure was all I knew
I now hang with the Lord
allowing Him to speak
His Holy Spirit now comforts me
every time I’m weak
That old friend sometimes knocks on my door
and I sometimes let him in
He has a way of enticing
–manipulating–
I sometimes chat with him
The Lord then shows without warning
and shows old Sin the door
He then whispers those consequences
of sin in times before
He gives me the choice each day
as I go about this life:
Remain in me and who I am (TRUTH)
or embrace sin’s world of strife
