Jim Pemberton Poet Rhyme

I'M Not the Kind of Dad That I Need To Be

I’m Not the Kind of Dad That I Need to Be!

I remember reading the Bible 
 to my son.
But what a mess,
 my life has become!

My children told me, they
were proud of their dad!
Now they say they’re
 embarrassed and sad.

I once lived a Godly life!  I really did!
Just look at me now!  And how I live!

Things in life I once 
called wrong and sin.
Are now causing me to stumble again.

God's word I had loved! 
Jesus was my treasure!
I "traded my soul" for
 what gives me "pleasure."

I’m not the kind of father
that I need to be!
What kind of example will
 my family find in me?

Will I grow stubborn to God as I age?
Replacing his peace, for anger and rage?

I need Jesus to bring peace
 to my troubled soul!
I ask YOU Lord to make
 me clean and whole.

Restore unto me the joy
 of my salvation.
By your blood, make 
me a new creation.

Words alone cannot truly express…
This family God's given to me.
I am so blessed!

By Jim Pemberton

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