Too late ... maybe
Ecclesiastes 9:4
Better to Be Poor but Alive than Rich but Dead
4 But whoever is among the living has hope;
a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Too Late ... maybe
It is too late the Judge is here
I wished all had been settled
I had opportunities to just do that
but pride and greed did meddle
My adversary just sits and smiles
he knows that I will lose here
He’ll drag my past in great detail
as judgment now is near
I lived a life that could not end
always waiting for to-morrow
But to-morrow never came
and what’s now left is sorrow
I could have had a counsel here
without paying anything
He would represent me free and clear
before the Judge and the King
My sentence was set before I came
I feel my accuser’s hate enclose me
I have to spent my death with him
in a timeless sphere prepared for me
Suffering and pain are ruling there
and screaming is the music
that tone-less binds the atmosphere
for our Christ had gone to prove it
Now all I see is the rugged cross
and I feel the love of Jesus there
Why did I ignore His perfect Love?
And His open arms that cared
If I could I would chose His bliss
And would today secure tomorrow
I would accept Him for Who He is
to forfeit the life I’d borrowed
Jan Wienen
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