I am a composite

of every good thing

and every bad thing

that has occurred in my life from birth till now

The once blank page that I fill

is covered with erase marks from God

Removing the evidence of the things He's called forgiven

While keeping the scars for remembrance sake

The scar on my left side

that goes from my hip down to my leg

is where He removed the fractured frame within me

That caused me to lean so heavily on others and limp so badly

Now I stand erect before the Son

The burn mark near my ear is nearly faded

but reminds me of the times that I was drawn away

by believing the enemy's lying whispers of more

Now I can hear the still small voice of God more clearly

and the voice of a stranger I will not follow

The jagged gash that surrounds my heart

is where God had to perform emergency open heart surgery

because I handed it over to the wrong source 

which was choking the life out of it

Now I have a new heart which is connected solely to the Spirit of God

Which beats to the sound of surrendered worship

I am a composite of every good thing

and every bad thing

that has happened in my life

And upon the artist completion

This masterpiece will be framed and hung in Heaven's Corridors

For All of Eternity...

“Composite”

Bonita Jones Knott © May 18, 2011