My life has become what it is by God's Grace and His Grace all alone, <br />For God chose me and sought me out, to make me one of His very own. <br /> <br />He provided in my life a witness through my wife of what I could be, <br />Though they were once darkened, through my eyes, His Grace I can see. <br /> <br />Because I never read it, I knew not the Truths in the Bible at all, <br />And that I was a sinner destined for Hell because of Adam's fall. <br /> <br />I was taught to believe that there was a God in the heavens up above, <br />But never was I told about God's Grace, Mercy and His Abundant Love. <br /> <br />I thought that my living a good life down on earth was simply enough, <br />For me to go into heaven when I died, to be with The Lord up above. <br /> <br />When I realized it was not me at all but only the Blood of The Cross, <br />The Lord filled me with His desire to share the Gospel with the lost. <br /> <br />When I began, the one thing that I lacked was the boldness to share, <br />The Eternal Truth of how The Lord loved me and how much He did care. <br /> <br />As I read the Bible, my first example was John the Baptist for sure, <br />When speaking of Jesus, he said, “I must be less so He can be more.” <br /> <br />This then filled me with The Lord's boldness and a new Eternal sight, <br />And with my eyes now on Eternity, Jesus became the center of my life. <br /> <br />I can truly say as the Apostle Paul did and with the same humble nod, <br />Today I am what I am, truly and only by the Grace of Almighty God. <br /> <br />(Copyright © 06/2002)<br /><br />Bob Gotti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-what-i-am-2/
