Transition and Transitioning

 

 

 

From death to life

From darkness to light,

From degradation to redemption

And from doing wrong to the pursuit of right.

 

From alienation to belonging

From a stranger to a son,

From a lost sheep to a restored lamb

And an earthly domain to a heavenly kingdom.

 

From crippling fear to active faith

From folly to wisdom,

From selfish desire to doing God’s will

From the devil’s slave to a royal crown.

 

From trespassing to surpassing

From futility to joy,

From wrong doing to righteousness

From Satan’s slave to the Master’s employ.

 

 

From incarceration to being freed

From captivity to deliverance,

From a pauper’s apparel to a priestly robe

And from a prideful boast to a sincere repentance.

 

From being lost to being found

From desperation to affection,

From roaming the desert to a heavenly home

From Satan’s abduction to the Father’s reception.

 

From a parched throat to living water

From leaden feet to a strident walk,

From doubt and distress to the Saviour’s caress

From a prattling tongue to a matching talk.

 

 

These are but a few of the changes

That characterize the transformed life,

A life that reflects the Holy Spirit

Though bombarded by earthly strife.

 

A constant and consistent transition

A replacement of the old with the new,

A lump of clay in the hands of the Master

That is pliable all the way through.

 

Then from mortality to immortality

And from corruption to incorruption,

When time shall change to eternity

I shall sing of God’s eternal salvation.

 

Stewart Russell © March 2020