Can I Be A Witness? Poem by Crystal Tutson

A CHURCH MEMBER AND HIS FRIEND ARE SITING ON THE PORCH WHEN THE FRIEND ASKED, “WHY HAVEN’T YOU EVER WITNESSED TO ME? ”
HASN’T GOD BEEN GOOD TO YOU, GAVE YOU A NEW SONG AND SET YOU FREE.

WHY HAVEN’T YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THIS MAN THEY CALL THE ALMIGHTY GOD?
HE HAS CLEANED YOU UP, TURNED YOU AROUND, AND EVEN SPARED YOU FROM THE ROD.

ALL THIS CHURCH FOLKS, EVEN YOU, GOING AROUND KEEPING CHRIST ALL TO YOURSELF,
AND HERE THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE, EVEN ME, YOUR FRIEND NEEDING HIS HELP.

THAT’S ALL I KNOW TO DO NOW IS WITNESS SO PEOPLE WON’T DIE AND GO TO HELL.
GOD HAS GIVEN ME A COMMISION AND I HAVE MY OWN LIFE STORY TO TELL.

I THANK GOD THAT HE HAS SAVED ME AND GAVE ME A BRAND NEW TALK.
NOW I DON'T CARE WHO SEES ME, I'M NOT ASHAMED BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN ME A NEW WALK.

THE CHURCH MEMBER RESPONDED IN THE BEST WAY HE KNEW, BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT HE DID FOR YEARS.
HE WAS A SINNER LONG AGO AND WAS SCARED TO TELL HIS STORY AND HIS FRIEND'S REMARK BROUGHT HIM TO TEARS.

HE WAS ASHAMED THAT PEOPLE WOULD BRING UP HIS PAST WHEN HE TRIED TO WITNESS.
THAT THEY WOULD GO TO THE 'REMEMBER WHEN'S', SAYING DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?

BUT NOW HE KNOWS THAT EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING TO REMEMBER, THINGS IN THEIR PAST LIFE.
AND THAT HE HAS TO WITNESS TO PEOPLE BECAUSE ONLY GOD CAN MAKE IT RIGHT.