<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367608" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Backslider</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was young and God was close<br>And lived inside my heart, <br>The promises inside me rose<br>As I made my new start...<br>I gave my very life and soul<br>And put them in His hands, <br>I vowed to grant Him all control, <br>To old and new commands...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The years rolled by and Church felt fine<br>With studies, hymns and such<br>And most of me still towed the line<br>Until we two lost touch...<br>Of course, God hadn't moved away...<br>He never left my side, <br>But when temptations came to stay, <br>I lost God as my guide...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My conscience wasn't crystal clear, <br>There seemed no black and white, <br>Just twilight, grey and sometimes fear<br>That followed day and night...<br>I was a liar through and through, <br>My vows strewn here and there<br>And hard to tell God, 'I love You! '<br>The times I knelt in prayer...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No time machine can take me back, <br>I can't undo my sins, <br>Good conscience now, of course, I lack, <br>As each new day begins...<br>But while there's faith and joy and love<br>On offer every day...<br>Confessing sins, I look above, <br>With hope I will obey...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367608" data-title="The Backslider de Denis Martindale" data-description="When I was young and God was close And lived inside my heart, The promises inside me rose As I made my new start... I gave my very life and soul And put them in His hands, I vowed to grant Him all control, To old and new commands... The years ..."></div> </div> </div>

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