When The World Stands Still

When He speaks, I am awestruck

 Utterly stunned by His presence

 It is in that precise moment…

That...The World Stands Still

 

Having pictured Him as an Ogre on a throne

With a whip in his hand just waiting for me

To falter so he could whip me back

Into shape

 

It’s sometimes hard to fathom

That He could care that much

For a lowly human being

Such as me

 

I use to blame Him for the world condition

And question how an all powerful God

Could allow a world such as ours to

Be in massive disarray

 

All of the sickness, all of the pain,

All of the killings, sadness, disdain

It made me angry & distraught

It threw me into a quandary

 

Where were YOU when my father died of cancer?

Where were YOU when my mother took her own life?

So many questions…

A heart laden with strife…

 

It is then that He revealed a valuable truth

He answered my questions

And it changed my life

It was at that moment That  the World Stood Still…

 

I saw the fall of the world

The beginning of time

When sin and sickness entered

Our picture perfect paradise like a slithering snake

 

It started in a lowly garden with Adam & Eve

Lured to the tree of knowledge of good and evil

It is there they partook of the shiny red apple innocently

Beguiled by the serpent-Satan himself

 

Suddenly their eyes were opened

Naked in the garden

Ashamed

They sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves

 

They tried to hide themselves

Hoping

The Creator would not see their nakedness

But their frail attempts failed

 

The Almighty Powerful Omniscient one

 Knew immediately

 The fall of humanity

 Had made its debut

 

 His heart was heavy laden with sadness

 And with intense grief

 He knew the world would suffer

 Unless there was redemption

 

 The God of this World, (Satan) announced his arrival

 The lofty one who comes to kill, to steal from, and to destroy

 All of mankind…

 The very source of sin, and sickness, & pain

 

 The perpetrator of

  All that we suffer… because of a single apple

  A connoisseur at dodging blame

  And blinding our eyes to himself, the real culprit

 

  So many lost souls disoriented

  So much personal torment and misery

  In this world in which we live

  Firing arrows at those that are for us and not against us

 

  God had to do something

  A transformation was in order

  And a strategy set forth

  For the redemption of mankind

 

 He sent His only son to suffer

 And die

 To bear the pain of the world upon His shoulders

 And so that through Jesus

 

 All could have life eternal with Him

 In a paradise unknown to earthly imagination

 Beyond comprehension

 But more real than the air that we breathe

 

 A free gift

 Available to all who ask

 To all who choose to call out to Him

 And ask Him into their hearts

When I cry out to Him

 And ask Him, Why?

 He’s never afraid to answer

 And in those moments,

 

 That is When…

 

                          The

 

                           World

 

                                   Stands

 

                                             Still

 

                               

Iamsecond.com 

 

(Listen to the Brian Welch testimony about why he left the band, Korn

  and many others that struggled with questions causing them to ask

   “Why?”)  The World Stood Still for Them…

 

 

                    

 

                    

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Winter McPherson]

Wow! Such an amazing testimony and tribute to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!! YES!

I used to feel the same. Always had the word "Why" on my lips.....so angry at Him. Then one day I saw the two kingdoms - just as you portray here. And I knew that all the pain I had ever gone through was from "them" and all the beauty and joy and love I'd ever experienced was from Him!!

Rock on Sister!

[Sheila Kline]

Stunning, absolutely beautiful, awesome, Godstruck words!!! What an amazing testimony to our precious God, giver of life, Alpha and Omega, beginning and end, forgiver of our sins, provider of our eternal salvation!!...........He who makes the world that He created stand still!!!
This is going into my favortie's file!!
and thank you for the friend request........I am honored to accept!!
Wtih Blessings!
Sheila

[Michelle Tarnowski]

Your Back! I'm so happy!!!!!!!! Oh Carole this so beautiful. Isn't our God amazing? Why is it that we sometimes forget that, leaving that open door for the enemy?
Love ya Sister!
Michelle

[AK]

So... you did find that place in your closet of prayer. : >)
It's a bit of an eye-opener when you realize that He indeed created a world of perfection... but today's world is not His world. And that is not His fault. Brilliant write Carole. Welcome back, we missed you.

[just is]

I really like this, great imagery here, also a great testimony here. wonderful write.

[Dave "Doc" Rogers]

I like some of the visuals you use here. I think it may have been serendipity that the first few stanzas were all descending and shortened in length. When I read through it, obviously the message is there, I kept hearing it as a spoken which can be done by breaking the phrases with their own line. Good bit of communication here. In the middle it became 'muddled.' Not because of the message but maybe in the way you had to write it to get it in. This has strong possibilities ... performance possibilities. You may want to take another look at it. And, I like the tie-in to 'iamsecond.com'. _Cool site for those who have not been_

Cheers & thanks for sharing!
Doc.

[copperconan]

thank you very much for thinking about humanity in the way you do .. shows in your writing that you care.
hearty amen for your work here,,
Norm

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I remember when he left the band Korn...

Anyways yes people tend to blame God for all the bad in the world forgetting the other side of the story, the devil himself, and God gave us the gift of freewill so we could earn our places in heaven and unfortunately the temptation is to great for many and we are human prone to error... excellent inspirational write.

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

This is an excellent write.
Hugs Debby