Only Today

Only today I can give You my heart,
Only today I can make a new start.
Only today I can give You my praise,
For tomorrow is a day away.

God has not promised I would see the dawn,
Yet in my mind I think I'll live on.
Planning someday in the future to say,
"Jesus, I'll live my life Your way."

I want to change but don't know if I can.
I do wrong things saying, "It's just how I am."
There is no excuse I can offer to Him,
Jesus has died for all my sin.

Heaven is waiting to hear me call,
"Jesus, forgive me, I give You my all."
Angels rejoice as my name's written down,
A soul has been saved - a life turned around.

Only today I can give You my heart,
Only today I can make a new start.
Only today I can give You my praise,
For tomorrow is a day away.

This poem won second place for the April 2014 poetry contest