Poa Tree Poems
ARGUMENTS
- by
Dichter1
I once did not believe -- and now I do. You ask, which argument convinced my heart? Deep philosophic talk about "first cause," "There must have been a god for this to start?" Perhaps the evidence of grand design, That never things could just have happened so? Or evolution's failure to account For how, by random change all life could grow? I must confess no argument profound, No data or statistic turned the tide; It was not reasoning, nor clever words That brought me, humbled, to the Christian side. One evening, in my bedroom I sought prayer With no intention faith to find or claim, But simply as a courtship stratagem, And instantly my world was not the same! I had unlocked the door into my heart And let it slightly open, just a crack; When in there burst the grace and love of God, So real that from it I could not turn back! Experience, not argument, brought change, I could not doubt the Deity I'd met. That glorious God of love Who filled my world With peace and power and joy I'll ne'er forget. Those arguments of mind I'll not deny. There's truth in each and all, for what it's worth, But nothing born in mind will change the heart. Our Christ was right when He prescribed "New Birth!" For God is not a construct of deft words, And nothing found in logic can compel; For God requires the freedom found in love. The god of argument resides in hell.