30 I'll Be

I feel I have to start over,
clean the slate.
I have to regain what I have lost,
before it is too late.
To reacquaint myself with the deep things
belonging to Truth,
and leave behind my wayward youth.

In just a few weeks 30 I'll be,
the same age that Christ began his ministry.
I've squandered my childhood,
wasted my teens,
and become a man wasted and mean.
It's time to leave the path I'm on,
and follow Christ's footsteps forever and anon.

Help me, Jehovah, father of all,
to make the necessary changes:
some great, many small.
The reading of your word,
followed by meditation,
will help me to find my holy station.
Preaching and teaching,
fulfilling Christ’s commission,
this is something of which
there should be no omission.