J.M.J.
J.M.J.
AT HEAVEN’S GATE
THE CROSSES GOD ASKED YOU TO BEAR
YOU OFT CONCLUDED SOME ARE NOT FAIR.
BUT HOW CAN YOU THIS JUDGMENT MAKE
IF GOD DOES NOT MAKE A MISTAKE?
CAN YOU INFRINGE AND TAKE CONTROL
CHANGING THE COURSE OF YOUR OWN SOUL?
EACH BURDEN THAT YOU CHOOSE TO SHED
WILL LINGER ON FOR WHAT STILL LIES AHEAD.
EACH CROSS YOU CHOOSE TO CAST ASIDE
WILL CLOSE DOORS THAT WERE OPEN WIDE.
AND WHEN THE LAST CROSS YOU DISCARD,
FROM HEAVEN’S GATE YOU MAY BE BARRED.
FOR WHEN GOD ASKS WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT
AND YOU HAVE NOT THE CROSS HE SOUGHT,
HOW WILL YOU THEN TO HIM EXPLAIN
THAT YOU COULD NOT BEAR ALL THAT PAIN?
BEFORE IT ALL SHOULD COME TO THIS,
PICK UP EACH CROSS THAT YOU DID MISS.
AND ASK THAT GOD GIVE YOU THE GRACE
TO BEAR EACH CROSS HE DID REPLACE.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
4-11-1997