I DID IT MY WAY

I DID IT MY WAY

That song strikes fear in my heart for the person singing it and also for the one who wrote it. Paul Anka wrote it and Frank Sinatra made it popular followed by Elvis Presley. Elvis came from a strong Baptist background but he strayed and went his way. The song is so anti-scriptural that it may play a role in where the singer spends eternity. After all, we will be held responsible for every idle word spoken. 

And now the end is near

And so I face the final curtain

My friend I'll say it clear

I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full

I traveled each and every highway

And more, much more than this

I did it my way

Regrets I've had a few

But then again too few to mention

I did what I had to do

And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course

Each careful step along the byway

And more, much more than this

I did it my way

Yes there were times I'm sure you knew

When I bit off more than I could chew

But through it all when there was doubt

I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all

And I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried

I've had my fill, my share of losing

And now as tears subside

I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that

And may I say not in a shy way

Oh no, oh no, not me

I did it my way

For what is a man what has he got

If not himself then he has not

To say the things he truly feels

And not the words of one who kneels

The record shows I took the blows

And did it my way

Yes it was my way

Look at the last stanza: "And not the words of one who kneels." Who kneels? Those who pray. The singer is letting us know he doesn't do things like a religious person. He does it his own way.

I'm not judging. I'm fearing for the eternal life of the singers. We are to do things God's way, not our way. We weren't put on earth to see how happy we can make ourselves. What use are we to anyone, then? Certainly we are of no use to God if we take that attitude.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 14:12, 16:25
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. KJV

Proverbs 16:2
All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. KJV

Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. KJV

Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

Isaiah 56:11
They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Becky Wall
beckyowall.blogspot.com