Seventeen Years

"Seventeen Years" by: Eric L. Boddie In my younger years, satan had the tightest clinch upon my Soul I was headed to destruction, but, then, my heart was told All of the Truths my mother made sure that I learned Many could not believe it, but my Soul refused to burn So I Allowed God Into my heart, and He Made me Strong where I was weak Then He Filled me With His Spirit, so that Through me, He Would Speak And I'm not a perfect man, I felt the temptations that satan sent Which is why I repeatedly get down on my knees and Repent And as any shepard to any flock, He Provides me with what you need So if "I" am unable to forgive my haters, how could I ever lead How could I give any advice in your greatest times of stress So all I can do is Pray To Him And Allow Him To Address Not your every desire, but your every need, Daily Miracles Is All He Will Do And when you Need Him, He Is There, for 17 years, I've tried to Teach That to you note: my brother, Apostle Lincoln E. Anderson, asked me to write this for him as he has been Preaching 17 years....