God’s Grace Sets the Pace

My friend from a maximum security prison, Ryiee, gave me another poem. Please keep Ryiee in your prayers as he struggles to grow in his faith.

The title of the poem is “God’s Grace Sets the Pace.”

It’s so easy to let this life beat us down

I speak from miseries I’ve sown into the ground

I’ve reaped so much strife I thought I’d drown

From these agonies that I’ve known, this I’ve found

 

Nothing of this world will last

Not the sorrows and not the laughs

Even the absurd will pass

And tomorrow will become the past

 

Also I’ve when I hated

My nerves grated

All peace abated

And nothing was appreciated

 

Hate will only lead us to blindness

So let the fools be mindless

Let’s treat each other with kindness

For only love will bind us

 

If you run out of luck

And every door seems shut

You just cannot give up

You’re never truly stuck

 

When you think for sure you’ve reached your limit

When you think “Oh Lord, I can’t take another hit”

There is a cure, but you have got to pray for it

Remember our Lord faced worse and didn’t quit

 

The dark, you can refuse it

Embrace the Light, if you choose it

In art or even in music

However you’d like to use it

 

The dark, you shouldn’t fear it

For, the Light, you’re always near it

The mark of sin, Jesus can clear it

And give the might of the Holy Spirit

 

Each night you should pray for loved one’s sake

And each morning praise God when you wake

Because when God’s grace sets the pace

Then each day becomes a race to face.