Shift of Perspective
by Michael Doyle

My joy is hard to keep hid,
All that is, my savior did.
Jesus walked among us, His Father's son.
The three-in-one is the one-and-done.

Walking head-on in the name of humanity,
We escape the chains of empty vanity.
Lifting our faces up from sorrow,
We are now able to face tomorrow.

None of life is an accident. 
The shift becomes one of precedent.
By living out our best conscience,
We find ourselves conformed to science. 

The story of Jesus is one of miracles entirely.
His death on the cross fulfills His deity.
Belief in God comes down to an empty tomb,
And this tomb leaves doubt with any wiggle room.

Paul went to the market in faith, making his claims.
Telling God's story about what is no longer the same.,
But instead brings the benchmarks of maturity
As we walk in faith with far more certainty. 

It's a set of radical changes we embrace,
As we come to meet God, face-to-face.
Receiving God's blessings if we'd only choose this,
And in so doing, we will find forgiveness.

We surrender our lives and olden days
To seek after God and put on His ways.
All that we live is an act of grace,
Christ's death on the cross is all that we must face.

It's truly not a matter of second-guessing,
But of being willing to accept God's blessing.
Through God's will, we find our peace and rest.
This then is the truth of our deepest test.

Steadfast in commitment to our salvation,
We find it's a journey to shore up our foundation.
One foot after another, we continue toward
All these things  that move us ever forward.

Dreams carry weight beyond our immortality,
All for the good of God's larger family.
As our hours move to being later,
We see that what we accomplish becomes greater.

From a little town in Galilee
We find the roots given for Christianity.
Changed games have one by one brought the win
As God's people rise to overcome our sins. 

Heart to hearth, we continue to give
It's, in a sense, a repayment of how God forgives.
We lose our comfort for the sake of adversity
Looking on the horizon to what possibly could be

Staying on the edge of Straight Street,
This is where goodness and people often meet.
Those struggling are often those who learn to see
This is the shift of perspective that brings our dignity.

Every Christian's life is one filled with trials.
Sometimes, we feel wonder in our survival. 
But at each step we take, we ensure our arrival.
By making it through the grind of daily survival.

Paul turns prisons into epistles of stony love,
Keeping the faith handed to him from above.
The truth of our journey is told by its end.
In our arrival, we find Jesus is our friend.

(c) November 3, 2025   Michael Doyle
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