Transcribin'

The Only Thing

by Chris Webb

I look down at my shoes and see they're getting older every day.

I make new friends but it feels like my old ones keep going away.

And nothing really stays the same-

Folks move

Grow up

Leave out

Work jobs

It seems like the only thing that never really changes here is God.

My city's building streets and tearing down the place I went to school.

Folks keep on movin'

Some go forward,

Some go backward, but they move.

From Ronald Regan to Obama,

From the Jerk to Lean and Rock,

Time keeps on turnin' like the world,

The only peace out here is God.

I check the clock

And chaos happens everyday.

People keep fallin',

This corruption in our churches and in our streets

The devil's callin'.

News gets more and more insane,

People keep gettin' stabbed and robbed,

And it seems like the only stable name to call on here is God.

My friends are busy all the time

My family's out

I'm all alone

It's late at night

I don't got nobody

I'm searching through my phone.

The folks I thought were down for me left me like a broken ipod,

And now there's no doubt in my mind that I can only trust in God.

There's nothing else,

There's no one there,

His words are what I will believe in!

When it's cold I gotta trust that he will wake me when I'm dreamin'!

When it's hot then I believe he'll send the wind and bring the rain,

And when nobody's down for me I'll lean on him to take the pain!

God take my brain and take the strain!

I need his voice to calm my screams

I need his touch to take my stress

I need his peace to never leave

I need his hands to hold my heart

I need his word to guide my life

So when i see these news reports

I'll hear him saying

"It's alright."

I've come to this conclusion:

Earth ain't earth without words from his lips.

Folks say God might not be real,

But he's the only thing that is!

This present time

These friends

This church

This poem

Will soon all be the past,

But i just realized that that only what you do for Christ will last.

My shoes are fake now,

My swag will lose it's touch in like two years,

But God's the only thing that was there, is here now, and will be there.

That means that movies money sex respect and weed are meaningless!

The songs we listen to

The conversations

All of it is HIS!

But like MJ man this is it!

If you don't live for Christ your dead!

I'm sorry!

How else could i say this?

Let's all get it through our heads that if it's not his Will we NEED NOT BE CONCERNED!

Money will go

Cars will break down

Friends will fall out

Couples will break up

Folks get old

The thing that sticks is your soul!

And that's the only thing worth keepin'!

And man Jesus died so that our souls could fly

And not be bleedin'!

So stop bleedin'!

And accept him!

Know that all you need is faith,

And if you just focus on following him then things will fall in place!

And things will change,

But turn away,

And know he's there through cold and hot,

And as this world keeps going mad

The only thing we need

is God.

So today's Chapter is Leviticus 12.  I read it...Purification After Childbirth.

I thought my time would be better spent transcribing this poem from the P4CM (Passion For Christ Movement).  Check it out on youtube to get the real effect.