Unable to sleep my mind continues to race.
Look what you did to me at God’s Holy place.
You have abused me in a way that has brought unbearable pain.
With what you have done, how will I ever be the same?

A man of God you claimed to be…
Instead a wonderful disguise is all I am able to see!
I turned to you for HOPE when I considered ending my life.
You have made my pain worse; piercing my soul with a knife.

A man of God who now denies what he has done.
Faced with the consequences, has this sick game you now created now lost its fun?
Do you have any idea how God now views you?
Are you not fearful of what HE will do?

You can continue to deny this and believe what you want to say…
However, wouldn’t it be wise to reconsider,
because God knows the truth
and how will you explain it to Him on that day?

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