It’s dark, it’s wet, it’s chilly
A rare rainstorm in southern Cali
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First a shower, then floss
Rub in lotions, choose a dress
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Match the shoes and hosiery
Even my scarf and jewelry
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Add a jacket, perhaps a shawl
To be warm in the Kingdom Hall
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Be on time, forget the nap
When you return, park in the back
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Two hours, three songs
Two prayers, some psalms
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Bible readings and talks
Heartfelt comments and thoughts
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Driving home, stomach’s empty
But spiritually fed aplenty
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In my bedroom, begin to undress
Things earlier done—reverse the process
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Some would say: ‘That’s a lot to do’
‘For a Bible lesson or two’
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‘It’s all so very inconvenient’
‘Guess what..God’s pretty lenient’
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‘Life’s short and we are clay’
‘Just go an hour on Sunday’
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Maybe they’ve got something there
But their ‘something’ goes nowhere
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The ‘where’ is what I couldn’t fathom
The ‘something’ impossibly daunting
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I needed to know of God’s totality
Knowledge beyond my meager ability
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I needed to go where truth was told
Where they practiced his Words of gold
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We live by His grace from day one
The joys beyond number– all He’s done
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By His mighty works done for us
In studying his Word I could do no less
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He must’ve pondered and labored long
His time drawing up plans–to us–eons
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He calculated, placed each star just so
And tilted planets to make them go
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What grand divine effort did it take
To set our laws of physics in place?
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Can we even guess at His acuity?
In designing humans with such beauty?
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Or His meticulousness
In devising man’s articulateness?
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He put a million, no, a trillion
Things in sync– yes –megazillions!
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In order that we could be here
Upon Earth, this unique ‘somewhere’
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So, sir, no more of your derision
‘Having a lot to do’ is my decision
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Matter of fact– inadequate
My paltry efforts to learn and meditate
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In truth– profoundly deficient
All my ‘time and trouble’– insufficient
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For we receive—an understatement
God’s undeserved love without abatement
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By Jahgirl
01/11/2017