The Only Way Out

“The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:25

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

I am tired,

really tired;

tired of fighting to

prove my worth,

tired of trying to be

something I will never be,

tired of caring what

the world thinks of me,

tired of being afraid,

tired of wondering what

tomorrow might bring,

tired of being a slave,

tired of the fantasies

and illusions most live under,

tired of listening to the

self-righteous, stick your head

in the sand, I’m ok,

you’re ok, look at me,

aren’t I special, individuals

who think that this world,

and the people in it

are basically good;

because they’re not;

human history

has proven that

over and over again;

this world was broke

a long time ago, and

there is only One Way

it will ever be fixed,

it will take a power

far beyond anything

this world will ever

possess.

Truth?

real truth does not

change,

it never has,

it never will,

it is absolute,

it is irrevocable

it is final,

it is beyond human

comprehension or thought,

it is a rock upon which

all who fall will be broken,

and all upon whom it falls

will be crushed,

only man-made truth

changes with the wind,

bouncing from one

theory to another,

one self-created god

to the next;

what sad, pathetic fools

we truly are,

created with so much

potential,

yet settling for so much

less,

selling out for a few brief

moments of pleasure,

caving in to fears and desires,

trading truth for myth,

light for darkness;

life for death.

Amidst the fear and decay

there remains One hope,

a light set upon a hill,

an escape,

a reprieve,

a small, still voice in the

cold, dark night,

do not harden your heart;

do not turn away from the only

way out of this life.