Tali Ojeda
The gospel changed my life and this poem puts to words how He saved it. - Tali Ojeda
I think about the little girl who was hiding because I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be,
Just a little girl screaming, “Where could my father be?”Clinging on to the things that I knew I couldn’t beThe generational curse had to end with meI looked at my grave, not knowing what I’d seeTo my surprise,My Abba looked at meWith a smile in His eyesAnd I said, “You’ve done this all for me?”The casket empty, the grave I was never meant to see, because my God who died on the cross for meMade all things new. All these things for me—old things have gone. My mind, will, and emotions have been cleaned
Back to the garden with Adam and Eve,
The gospel that changed my life and restored everything back to meThe Garden of Eden, the Garden of GethsemaneOne decision could’ve changed all of human historyCrying out to God, I asked, “Why have You chosen me?”“I desire to see you healed, I desire to see you freed.”“I desire to see you one with me.”A chosen priesthood.
I stand here today testifyingThat I am alive because of the righteousness inside of me.With all of creation cryingThat there’s purity, holiness, power that I’d yet seen.The power of the triune GodWho decided eternity with meWas worth everythingThis is the gospel, one of welcoming,But it doesn’t end there,Because I’ll tell you what I’ve seen:
A girl who was wailing,Wondering why this is the life that God had given meFear and anxiety trying to overtake meI got my staff and my rod and said, “Part the Red Sea.”No condemnation or guilt could ever stop me,Because I had Jesus who stopped me and said, “Tell me what you see.”Tears in my eyes, He said,“Let’s tear down the walls of fear and anxiety.”
