My Prayer for You

WHEN I BECAME A MAN - CLAYTON JENNINGS

When I became a man;
I put away childish things
But before I became a man I didn't always fit the shoes with the King
I was so lost and alone listening to a world that said do it on your
own Jesus was an afterthought this world was my home
bumbin Marshil mathers in my car like yeah I'm grown.
Forget putting God first
I was the Lord of my own throne
And searching for satisfaction is all that I've known
Because before I became a man, I was just another middle class clown.
When I became a man;
I woke up,
I stopped wasting my life hoping and
wishing that a better life just to show up
I started listening to my mom for
so long said Son you need to grow up.

So I grew up
And then a thought of an average life made me want to throw up
So I threw up
Yeah, I threw up my hands and said God I'm
tired of being a boy I'm ready to be a man
Because one day when my son takes my hand,
I want him to know that it's not about what
his dad said its about where his dad stands
I want him to know that I believe in a God
that inspires to have big dreams and bigger plans
I want him to know SON,
if God is for you then they sayers
of this world do not stand a chance
Because there is a difference between being a boy and being a man
When I became a man;
I was ridiculed and laughed at
Whispers behind my back like is he really like that?
He must be uneducated

I was put down integrated
Friendships lost relationships faded
Only because I chose to live the life of which I have been created
It's funny that how when you mention Jesus
You suddenly hate it
It's funny because that's the same people who came back around years
later, when they saw me in the paper,
doing things with my life, and giving glory to my savior.
And then I get a text and email or call,
my life is in Ruins, can we talk at all?
Yeah, we can talk
Because I'm still here
But I'm just going to tell you about
Jesus even if it is not what you want to hear
But I'm guessing that you already knew that I
would, because you used to make fun of me for it,
Misunderstood
So tell me about your life,
and I'll tell you about your need for Christ,
and we can keep our conversation Secret, your your texts,
about wanting to know more about
Jesus, don't worry, no one will see it.
But I hope one day you seef it,
to step out of the pit you're trapped in and run to Jesus and
take his hand and find a life filled with purpose and passion.
As for the jokes that you cracked when I took a stand
Don't worry about it,
life isn't easy when you leave the boys to become a man
When I became a man;
I get away with getting notion of living for the weekend
Because I looked at society and all I saw was weak men
Getting up on Monday, dying for Friday
Traveling in lease cars on the highways and
byways like material things is that all that defines me
Headed to cubicle jobs trying to climb the
ladder, Clinging the money like it's all that matters
Boys who never became men
Stuck forever in the past tense
Trapped in spiritual adolescence
When I became a man;
I looked at my peers and said I do not want to be like them
Clinging to the latest trend
Dying to fit in
Judging each other by the cars that ther in
He's the man who drives the Benz
When I became a man;
I said I want something more for my life
More than getting wasted under neon lights on Friday nights
Only to wake up on Saturday Morning with plans that do it again
There's too many boys in this world and not enough men
When I became a man;
I said that when I leave this world I want my life to have purpose
So I stopped wasting my life on things that are worthless
Every minute on the couch in front of the TV was a wasted moment
The Journey that should be defining me
A journey of forming a legacy
And I didn't want that Legacy to be neglected
So I looked at this world and I didn't accept it
I'm not going to be who you want me to be
No, I absolutely reject it
When I became a man;
I picked up my cross and put down my shame
My sins were forgiven in Jesus name
In Jesus name my sin will forever remain an
afterthought of who I used to be, but no longer am
Because God saw fit to crucify the lamb
So that I could land in his ocean of
Grace and find my rest in his holy place
Because he took my place because
He took my nails
He took my hell
He took my cross
He took it all because he had a plan
And for the first time I saw it
WHEN I BECAME A MAN