LAWD, I BEEN A'TRYIN

 

Lawd, I been a tryin' to do muh best,

To do right day by day.....

But when I comes to uh foak in da road,

Seems I always goes da wrong way.

 

I been a tryin' to do muh job,

An be good to da fokes I knows.....

But I jus can't seem to pleeze nobody,

Guess down here dat's a how it goes.

 

I been a lookin' forward to seein' Ya,

An to takin' dat chariot ride.....

One step ore da Jordan,

I be reached to da utter side.

 

I been longin' to see my family,

An da fokes who been gone befo.......

Lawd, I shur be a shoutin',

When I finely reach dat sho.

 

Hallelujah, I'll be a singin',

As I walks dem golden streets.....

An praizin' da Lawd amighty,

As I'z sittin' at Jesus'feet.

 

1985

 

Psalms 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

 

Matt: 11:25 Jesus answered, "Oh, Father, Lord of heaven and Earth, Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes

LAWD, I BEEN A 'TRYIN

 

The poem LAWD is one of those poems that I really don't know why it came to me. But for some strange reason I kept picturing a very old, uneducated, black man, talking to the Lord. He had been doing the very best that he could to live the way he felt the Lord would want him to, and he probably lived under some very hard circumstances, yet He still wanted to please the Lord. I have always felt, the people who have suffered the most, and have been through the hardest times, due to their experiences, they have the most personal relationship with the Lord. I could just picture this wonderful, elderly gentleman baring his deepest feelings before his Savior and Lord. His simplicity was so sincere and innocent, in fact, probably the way the Lord would prefer that every believer would approach Him. He wants us to come as little children, in innocence and fully trusting.

 

Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.

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