GOD'S NEED

God with man craves some relationship
So made manifest Himself; Son: but simple man
Thus did He provide for such its stewardship
Thus did He install on earth His redemption plan

God craves with man but kind of relationship
As modeled by His Son; the ways He but lived
In a contemporary version of such companionship
Where every man would have of former self; outlived

MAINTENANCE

Life with any certainty soon grows stale
Without God but sufficiently in it
To tell it would, eventually, a sad broken tale
Which leads to its very own discredit


Life with any vigor; but any lasting enthusiasm
Grows distinctly and but steadfastly weak
For where once its bridges but voids; deep chasms
Unless God in a closer relationship but its upkeep

FULL-TIME

All my directives should come from God
(When of man) but be influenced that way
Over all that I do should He but so Lord
Even in recreation; of when I choose play

All my motivations should arise out of God
(When by man) but obviously the same way
Be all in accordance with His written Word
Not wait for those times when I must pray

COMMUNION

Truth is but common exercise of our God
Where acted in consistency but draws Him near
In experiences much beyond but ever heard
In a fairness; one that is so easily shared

Truth too the consequences of our God
In a stark reality of having Him near
To cling dearly to but against every odd
In all so once but then of Him of only fear

FALLING SHORT

Everything of wisdom comes from God

In its compromise but born much foolishness

Each has in proportion but their just rewards

To their respective sources lay in indebtedness

Everything of wisdom from that day forward

In anything less but tolerate much foolishness

So deliberately we depart from once was God's

Of Him and of His the necessary preparedness