Prisoner at the Bar

Prisoner at the Bar

And the judge said: "What! no money to pay
In your hour of need
A lawyer to plead
Your case to-day?
And you come to the bar
Just as you are,
Poor and alone, with no friends to nudge
The solemn sides of the powerful judge
And ask as a personal favor that you
Be spared the punishment justly due?
Well, be not afraid!
Let be case be laid
Here before me. Though poor you are
And alone you must stand at the judgment bar
With the best and the worst of you known, my son,
I'll forgive you most of the wrong you've done."

If these lines you've read
You may think them odd,
But the man was dead
And the judge was God.

 - Edgar A. Guest

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This poem is a great poem that all should remember in their life. 

First things first, money will not buy your way into heaven, nor will a lawyer be able to lie for you about what you have done in your past and present. Second, you will be judged as you are when you die, not how you were at your best moment in life. Third, no one will stand in judgment with us! Your friend, mother, father, lover, sister, or brother cannot save you from your fate. Forth, we deserve nothing; we deserve death. However, God will spare us our just punishment and instead give us the opposite; He will give us grace. Fifth, EVERYTHING will be known about our past. Everything you or I were to ashamed to tell another human being, God will know. Sixth, no matter what happens, He will forgive you of the wrongs that  you have done if you ask for Him too. Finally, God is our ultimately judge so do not worry what others think of you - as hard as that might be.

No matter where we are in life, God has a plan for us. It might be to be in heaven with Him tomorrow, or it could be to spread His word until we are 100 years old. Whatever it is, God has a plan and He makes it happen for a reason that we may not understand now, but we might be able to in time.