Friday, March 21, 2008

The 21st Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4sgVYCeas

(You'll have to copy & paste this into your web browser. I just loved the words of this song.)

The 21st Time: Song by Monk & Neagle

Nowhere to live, nowhere to fall he used to have money, but he’s wasted it all. His face is a photograph burned in my mind, but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time


He sleeps under stars, that’s all he can afford His blanket's an old coat he’s had since the war He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time


He may be a drifter, he’s grown old and gray But what if he’s Jesus and I walk away? I say I’m the body and drink of the wine but I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time


She’s twenty-nine but she feels forty-eight She can’t raise three kids on minimum wage She’s cryin’ in back of the welfare line but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time


She may be a stranger tryin’ to get through the day but what if it’s Jesus and i walk away? I say I’m the body and drink of the wine but I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time


This is a call for a change in my heart I realize that I’ve not been doin’ my part when I needed a Savior, I found it in Him He gave to me, now I’ll give back to them


A Drifter, a stranger, a daughter, a son I’ll look for Jesus in every one’cause I am the body and drink of the wine and I’m thankful there’s more than the twenty-first time




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

one of my favorite songs...

Are we messengers for Christ? Or are we writing our own agenda?

Let us all have the mind of Christ!