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~~ Is Your Name Written In Red ~~

       AS I DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT
       I WAS TAKEN VERY FAR  AWAY,
       IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS DRIFTING VERY FAST
       BUT IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

       ALL OF A SUDDEN I CAME TO A HALT
       AND NOTICED A BIG WHITE GATE,
       IT WAS NOT LOCKED SO I STEPPED INSIDE
       NOT REALIZING,IT WAS TO BE MY FATE.

       I WANDERED AROUND IN A VERY LARGE ROOM
       THE WALLS WERE AS WHITE AS CAN BE,
       THERE WERE MANY NAMES ON THE WALLS
       BUT TO HIGH FOR ME TO SEE.

       ALL THE NAMES WERE BLACK AND RED
       THAT WERE WRITTEN UPON THAT WALL,
       THE RED LOOKED LIKE BLOODSTAINS
       BUT I COULD NOT SEE THEM ALL.

       A MAN STOOD THERE WATCHING ME
       WITH A BEARD AND LONG WHITE ROBE,
       WHERE AM I?AND WHY AM I HERE,
       I FELT SUCH A HEAVY LOAD.

       WELL MY CHILD!THOSE NAMES YOU SEE
       ALL COME FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE,
       AND IF YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN RED
       YOU WILL BE FREE FROM THE TOILS AND STRIFE.

       I SUDDENLY STATED TO SHIVER HARD
       AS THE TEARS FELL FROM MY EYES,
       I WAS STANDING BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT
       AND THERE WAS NOWHERE I COULD HIDE.

       ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN BLACK
       ARE DOOMED FOR DAMNATION AND HELL,
       IT WAS THEN I SUDDENLY REALIZED
       MY NAME WAS THERE AS WELL..

       "DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN" I FELL TO THE FLOOR
        OH FATHER ,FORGIVE ME I PRAY,
        OH NO MY CHILD,ITS NOW TOO LATE
        FOR THIS IS JUDGEMENT DAY.

        DAY AFTER DAY I CAME TO YOU
        YOU WANTED NO PART OF ME,
        YOU LAUGHED AND SCORNED AND MOCKED
        AT THE PEOPLE WHO SURRENDERED TO ME,

        YOUR TIME IS NOW FINALLY OVER
        YOUR JUDGEMENT YOU NOW MUST FACE,
        BECAUSE YOU TURNED AWAY FROM ME,
        AND MY ETERNAL GRACE.

        I SCREAMED OUT LOUD IN HORROR
        PLEASE LORD LET ME COME IN,
        I AM TIRED OF THE LIFE I WAS LIVING
        AND TIRED OF LIVING IN SIN.

        AS I LAY AT THE FEET OF JESUS
        ASKING HIM TO GIVE ME A BREAK,
        IT WAS THEN MY EYES FLEW OPEN
        I WAS IN MY OWN BED AND AWAKE.

        MY HEART BEGAN TO QUIVER HARD
        MY LORD WHAT HAVE I DONE,
        I HAD TIME IN LIFE FOR EVERYONE
        ACCEPT YOUR ONLY SON.

        I BOWED MY HEAD IN SILENCE AND SHAME
        DEAR LORD,PLEASE SET ME FREE,
        AND I WILL SPEND FOREVER LORD
        FAITHFULLY SERVING THEE.

        WRITTEN BY ANN HART MARCH 22,2004
             COPYRIGHTED FOR JESUS



















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