Black Sheep Washed Whiter Than Snow

I wrote this poem to help people see that a person's past does not have to dictate their future. No matter how dark that past might have been.

Jesus frees

If you will believe

Cast away your wondering around in your dark past

Start traveling along His lighted path 

you will see that Jesus frees

If you will believe

I started my journey as a  black sheep in the fold

always rolling in the wrong direction

 So I was starved for affection

I was abandoned by the fold

Instead of hanging me from a tree

They leave me in a dense dark forest

In the care of the hands of the wolves

The Father to the Fatherless closes the hungry mouths of the wolves

He safely lead me back to my fold

Though I try to roll in harmony with the fold 

I could not win their affection

I recieved their rejection

Because in their I eyes I was still  the black sheep of the fold

They  curioused me out of the fold

They thought I would never be a successful sheep 

They thought I would roll in the direct of a pig

Spending my days wallowing in the mud 

becoming nothing more than a dud

My journey would end on a heap pile of crud

I once again was  abandoned to the dark dense woods

The home of the hungry wolves

I found the woods were cold with rejection

No flames of affection to warm oneself by

Blinded by darkness ,for there was no hope to provide light

Wandering around lost ,for there was no direction

Then The Father to the Fatherless

The Good Shepherd 

Called out to me

He said," You don't have to be lost any more." 

"Join my fold."

"I will never neglect you."

"I will never reject you."

"I will never eject you." 

"Cast away your wondering around in your dark past."

"Come let Me make you a new creation,old thing are done away with."

"Let Me guide you along the lighted path of abundant life. "

" For I am Jesus, I have come to set you free!"

" If you will believe you will see."

Written Stephen J. Vattimo

Oct 04 2014