LIKELY STORIES FOR JUDGMENT DAY

LIKELY STORIES FOR JUDGMENT DAY

When an angel heralds, “Here comes the Judge!”

What will be your plea?

Will you bargain to get your sentence reduced,

To sin in the second degree?

Will you say you couldn’t help yourself,

From uncontrollable advances,

Or your parents made you what you are;

You’re a victim of circumstances?

Will you put on a humble face,

And pretend sincerity,

In a roundabout way blame others,

Or claim insanity?

You can plead The Fifth if you want;

Better to admit you blew it.

Never, ever use the defense,

“The devil made me do it.”

You can use in your final arguments,

“There was sin, but I didn’t do it.”

It will never help your case to insist,

“That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.”

A sentence of hell will not be reduced,

It won’t help to cry and wail.

Don’t bother to call a bondsman,

For you won’t get out on bail.

Beg now for mercy and pardon;

From Jesus, who came to save.

He died in your place, by proxy;

Your sins will be sent to His grave.

Becky Overturf Wall

This is just a play on words. In all seriousness, we are saved by grace and Jesus forgives sin when we ask and when we turn from those sins. But there are those who thumb their noses at God and rely on his love and mercy to get them to heaven regardless of the condition of their heart or whether or not they have a relationship with the Lord.