J.M.J.
J.M.J.
ALL THAT YOU DESIRE
HOW MUCH POWER AND GLORY CAN YOU EARN AND RETAIN?
WHEN YOUR SOUL FACES JUDGMENT, WHAT WILL THEN BE YOUR GAIN?
YOU CAN STAND WITH THE WEALTHY WHO WERE FIRST IN THE PAST,
BUT GOD WILL CALL FORWARD ALL THE POOR WHO WERE LAST.
HOW MUCH WILL YOUR TREASURE BE WORTH WHEN IT’S SORTED
COMPARED TO A LIFE THAT HAS BEEN ABORTED?
HOW GREAT IS YOUR POWER, HOW WELL KNOWN IS YOUR FAME
AMONG THOSE WHO ARE STARVING, ABANDONED, OR LAME?
HOW PRECIOUS WILL BE ALL YOUR SILVER AND GOLD
WHEN YOU WITNESS THE PROPHECIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORETOLD?
DO YOU COUNT ALL YOUR ASSETS AND WHAT YOUR MONEY CAN BUY,
OR DO YOU COMFORT THE LONELY AND WIPE THEIR TEARS WHEN THEY CRY?
WHAT IN YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GREATEST POSSESSION?
IS IT WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART OR WORLDLY OBSESSION?
IS IT WHAT’S IN THE MIRROR THAT YOU MOST ADMIRE,
OR IS THE LOVE OF MY SON YOUR GREATEST DESIRE?
LOOK AT YOUR VALUES AND ARRANGE THEM IN PLACE;
THEN CONSIDER WHAT GOD WILL CHOOSE TO EMBRACE.
WHO WILL BE YOUR MENTOR WHEN YOU’RE STANDING IN LINE,
AND GOD SAYS, “DEPART ALL YOU WHO ARE NOT MINE”?
WHAT WILL YOU BRING ON THE JOURNEY YOU TAKE
WHEN YOUR BODY IS DORMANT, BUT YOUR SOUL IS AWAKE?
WHEN THE JOURNEY IS OVER AND ALL IS COMPLETE,
WHAT WILL YOU SAY TO MY SON WHEN YOU FINALLY MEET?
REFLECT ON THE BLOOD THAT FOR YOU MY SON SHED
AND CONSIDER THE LIFE UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE LED.
WILL YOU TELL GOD HOW MUCH IN YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE GATHERED
WHEN HE KNOWS HOW HIS GIFTS YOU HAVE SQUANDERED AND SCATTERED?
THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING, THEY SHALL NEVER THIRST,
AND ALL WHO WERE LAST, IN GOD’S EYES WILL BE FIRST.
IF ALL YOUR DESIRES YOU SUBMIT TO GOD’S WILL,
YOU WILL SHARE IN GOD’S KINGDOM AND NOT UNTIL
“THY WILL BE DONE”
7-14-1996