:) silent witness

[Lilith Rain]

>"Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is...That is
>why bad people know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered
>life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil
>impulse inside us until we try to fight it; and Christ, because He was the
>only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to
>the full what temptation means - the only complete realist." - C.S. Lewis
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>Silent Witness
>(by Krista Ryals, 12 years old)
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>We say that we are Christians and that we are walking in God's ways,
>but do we really walk in them every single day?
>When we go to parties and people pressure us to drink,
>do we ever take that time to really stop and think?
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>The Lord is always watching everything we do,
>and when we tell people we are saved He knows if it is really true.
>We think it does not matter what we do when no one is around,
>but God is always standing there even if He does not make a sound.
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>He walks with us through good times and carries us through bad,
>and when we let Him down He forgives us even if what we did makes Him
>really sad.
>We tell our friends we love Him and that heaven is where we'll go,
>but if God asked us today would we really know?
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>We get down on our knees and pray to the lord above,
>and we preach to our friend about His everlasting love.
>So if we know all this why do we still forget He's standing there?
>Why when we go out with our friends do we still not seem to care?
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>When we stand before God on our judgment day,
>and He asks us all our sins will we know what to say?
>Just remember when you go out the Lord is always standing there,
>He is our silent witness with whom our lives we share.
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