My life is a
ladder against a wall.
“How
long?”, you ask, “How sturdy? How tall?”
Pretty long,
I’d say, but I’ve got a notion,
“Against
WHICH wall??”, may be a better question.
You see, I’ve
lived much of life aimlessly,
Making
many decisions quite disdainfully.
Hurting
myself and others as I went about,
Caring
only that my ladder was ‘up and out’.
Many other
ladders against my wall I could see,
The
lives of other climbers there with me.
Some taller,
others shorter than mine,
People
climbing s-l-o-w-l-y, others faster, their end to find.
Good progress
I made, or so I thought,
Climbing
my ladder rung-by-rung, just as taught.
Until one day
as I neared my ladder’s end,
I
asked myself, “What, I wonder, will happen then?”
Then one day
a clear voice I heard,
Echoing
across the way, such a resounding Word.
The message
gripped me as I reached for the next rung,
Like
a bee, for sure my heart it stung!
“How long, my
Friend, since you’ve stopped and seen,
If against the right wall your
ladder leans??”
Frozen in my
climb I began to wonder,
“Is
this the right wall?” I need to
ponder.
He said,
“Only one wall is worth leaning against.
Change yours or face eternal angst.
Only one way
to avoid that price;
That is total faith in Jesus Christ.
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