I Am Approved

A surprise lesson …
So here’s what happened
Yesterday, I wasn’t
Feeling well
Had many dishes and pans
To clean and needed powder
Real soon

Waiting for someone
To go and buy this for me
The dishes, they kept
Growing, so I bravely
Drove down to the shop
Came home with all
But what I’d gone for

I didn’t even realize
Till I pulled in the drive
That I’d forgotten
What I went in for
And soon tears
Were rolling free
Poor, poor, poor ole me

So inside I went, started
Unpacking, then back to the car
I’ll try again
Made sure I went
To that aisle first
And picked up some
Chocolate at the end

Well there I was
At the checkout line
And my turn came
And all went smoothly
But then that dreaded
Moment came
Will I be approved?

I’m not sure if elsewhere
In this world
That ‘approved’
Is what it shows
But basically it means
Simply, take your things
You’re right to go

And as I stared back
And forth
Waiting for an answer
I started thinking
And that’s not that easy
With a foggy mind
About why I cared so

I was worried about
This new card, that
Had just been replaced
I knew I had activated it
But would a new pin
Be needed to release
The treasury of funds

And right at that very
Moment, I sensed the Lord
Show me the depths
Of that word, approve
‘You’re already approved
Don’t let it break you
My Son came to set you free’

In Christ I am
Approved, and no matter
What this life of mine
Or anybody tells me
Otherwise, in the
Shelter of His loving
Arms, I am approved

I am approved
Because He loves me
I am approved
Because He cares
I am approved
Because His word says so
May this, my heart always know

So I thank you Lord
For making me
Go to the shops in my
Battle, twice
And now as I sit eating lunch
The dishwasher, praise God
Is cleaning all my dishes

Oh! And there’s chocolate
Waiting for later … Smile

© 2015 Liana Wendy Howarth