Good Bye To Guilt

For years with guilt and shame,
I wrestled and I fought . . .
thinking that it was the payment
that all my sins had bought.

It was hard to move forward,
they kept pushing me back
I thought it was my punishment
for the faith that I lacked.

Whenever I would forget them,
someone came along to remind
and with each remembrance
they became harder to put behind.

Then one day the Lord asked me,
"Why did I die for you?"
And after that conversation,
I knew what I had to do.

I said goodbye to guilt,
and bid farewell to all my shame
for Jesus took them upon Himself
and He endured all my blame.

For years with guilt and shame,
I wrestled and fought . . .
but then Jesus reminded me
"If you hold on to them . . .

. . . I died for naught."

Isaiah 38:17
King James Version

"Behold, for peace I had great
bitterness: but thou hast in love to my
soul delivered it from the pit of
corruption: for thou hast cast all my
sins behind thy back."

This poem won second place for the October 2012 poetry contest