A Pocketful of Scripture

I remember the things I used to keep
When I was a child, a long time ago
I kept baseball cards and I kept marbles
Stuffed in the pockets of my favorite blue jeans

I remember the matchbox cars and the toy soldiers too
There was the toy pistol and my neat magic tricks
And I remember the pennies, the nickels and dimes
All stuffed in the pockets of my favorite blue jeans

As I grew a little older, there were other things I kept
Stuffed in the pockets of my favorite blue jeans
Some of those things were real cool, my friends kept them too
But I'm ashamed to admit, some of them were not good

As I grew a little older still, I heard a voice from above say
"Empty out those pockets, and make room for my words"
And then what I saw, I could hardly believe
A hand from above reached way down to me

All I could see in the hand was a page from a book
I reached out and snatched it, as the hand let it go
I saw words on the page, the most amazing words they were
God's very own words, words I had never read or heard

Excitedly, I took out all the junk that I kept in my pockets
And filled them with the words God gave to me
Words that transformed me, words that healed and saved me
Words I now keep in the pockets of my favorite blue jeans

Luke 11:28 – 1 Timothy 4:4-5 – Hebrews 4:12-13

My Reflection: There are pockets in our lives that are crammed with the most useless things and sometimes the most destructive. God can fill those pockets with some wonderful and extraordinary things, if we only let Him.