Time and Eternity

All I have is in my life

Stages one and two

Running simultaneously

Both ordained by You

I look back across the first stage

And see your blessings everywhere

Even when I barely knew You

I knew You were always there

Born in sin, a deadly fallen nature

Prone to wander, prone to sway

Led by a guide called wanderlust

My only reservation - don't get lured too far away

Some could say my life's been sheltered

In some ways that would be true

But the truest claim will always be

My shelter is in You

Nearing the end of time allotted

For living in stage one

Stage two is coming into focus

As old ways come undone

." . . your life is hidden with Christ in God."

Colossians 3:3