Friday, May 14, 2010

Changed

What has God done for me? He has changed my life....

From dismal to hopeful
From downtrodden to uplifted
From imprisonment to liberty
From gloom to enlightenment
From lost to found
From filth to cleansed
From rotten to fresh
From darkness to light
From condemned to redeemed
From the nosebleed seats to the front row
From disdain to venerated
From invalid to invaluable
From torn to repaired
From oblivious to scholar
From sickness to health
From heart-broken to intimate
From traitor to partner
From tainted to pristine
From tears to joy
From thirsty to quenched
From thief to king's man
From restless to content
From frightened to brave
From selfish to selfless
From unholy to whole
From drought to bountiful harvest
From sad to glad
From tumult to serene
From standard to saved
From impending danger to lasting peace
From dead to alive
From scattered to gathered
From hard to soft
From rough to smooth
From slavery to freedom
From grime to shine
From contaminated to pure
From entangled to released
From torture to pleasure
From starving to full
From despair to relief
From shivering to blanketed
From lost to found
From befuddled to clarity
From abandoned to companioned
From poor to wealthy
From shame to glory
From crying to laughter
From grouch to encourager
From crawl to sprint
From jilted to kept
From rejected to accepted
From dire to inspire
From wrong to right
From falsehood to truth
From precarious ledge to solid ground
From loner to friend
From sickness to health
From lazy to energized
From addicted to sober
from vulnerable to guarded
From denial to reality
From doubt to trust
From drowsy to alert
From famine to feast
From greedy to giver
From homeless to heavenly mansion
From promise of hell to hope of heaven
From deprived to gifted
From lack to plenty
From sinner to saint
From left-for-dead to royalty
From hopeless to helped
From convicted to exonerated
From wandering aimlessly to the Promised Land
From average to exceptional
From frown to smile
From abased to exalted
From low to high
From heavy to light
From shadow to illumination
From stumbling to striding
From mislead to directed
From ignored to included
From natural to supernatural
From ugly to pretty
From sour to sweet
From untidy to neat
From chaos to organized
From demon to angel
From infected to sterilized
From temporary to permanent
From hated to loved
From exposed to protected
From accused to defended
From uncertainty to surety
From squalor to sanctity
From obstructed path to destination
From thwarted to successful
From worm to butterfly
From neglected to cared for
From peril to safety
From meaningless to miracle

Since I chose to follow God's plan instead of my own, there are so many positive changes in my life that any list I could generate would not be thorough enough to convey the overwhelming kindness of my God.

by Royce Waxenfelter
5/14/10

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