Restraints

Those heavy chains so restraining
Have been forged by me and you.
We built them strong, no human lives
Who can cut them in two.
We created them by livng
In wasteful, sinful way.
One link at a time we made them
As weights we wear today.

These irons will not be loosened
Until He turns the key.
It matters not how we struggle,
They'll only tighter be.
If we but turn to our Savior
And ask forgiveness now,
He will be glad to undo them
Our freedom to endow.

We cannot know what it is like
To be completely free.
Until God has forgiven us.
He waits for you and me.

By: Joyce 10/27/02