General Poetry posted April 5, 2025

Faith should not be an ultimatum.

Surviving Our Convictions

by William Stephenson1

My Faith Contest Winner

I pass a roadside sign that says,

Repent!

As if to suggest

shame and guilt,

fear and failure.

Something dreadful will happen.

But,

to be in Recovery,

Repentance means to turn

and take hold

of the invitation

God offers to us.

Not,

to look at our past and say,

"Oh, how awful!"

But,

to look in the mirror and say,

"Oh, how hopeful!"

Faith.

It means that a fresh start

is possible.

God has given me

the power to change.

To believe,

that not all the doors are shut and locked.

Faith:

To believe that the door

of Grace is open to us all

and it is never locked.

Even death can't close this door.

Faith.

It means putting a "Yes!"

on my face

instead of a "No!"

Faith:

To affirm that

God has a divine "YES!"

for my life.

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I have spent a lifetime assisting people living in fear and anxiety that there is no hope for them or for their loved one. I urge them to consider that God's power to change someone is more powerful than anything they can do or their loved one can do. That God has eternity to win us.

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Faith should not be an ultimatum.

Surviving Our Convictions

by William Stephenson1

My Faith Contest Winner

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