The Thin Line

Truth is never complex-Asceity is simple

Every heart should genuflect-Your body is a temple

Clarity is power-Right is never wrong

Sweet may turn to sour-Still the singer sings His song

Destruction’s gaping gate Is as broad as it’s wide

And its wide open state Is a source of great pride

But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, 

Which leads unto life,  and few find it today

Yes the line is thin, the line is thin

Yes, it’s a thin line between life and death

Inhale and exhale with every breath

The straight and narrow way

We walk that line day by day

If we die before we wake

We pray Thee Lord-Our soul to take

Faith has its own author But steward it we must

But the rebel and the scoffer Are not burdened with trust

Here on the straight and narrow Pride goes before the fall

Better fly straight as an arrow, like a prayer nailed to the wall

Life on the tightrope-on the thin line of life

Hoping against hope on the edge of a knife

One foot follows each footstep keeping in time

Keep in step with the Spirit On the thin line

The path that you follow determines your fate

The wise man will pursue the way that is straight

The line will take us home if we follow the signs

If we follow the One who has drawn the line

And the line is thin, the line is thin

Yes, it’s a thin line between life and death

Inhale and exhale every breath

The straight and narrow way

We walk that line by day

If we die before we wake

We pray Thee Lord-Our soul to take

Matthew 7:13-14

September 5, 2024

Anthony Foster