J.M.J.
J.M.J.
WAIT NOT TILL TOMORROW
DID YOU SAY GOOD MORNING TO MY SON AND YOUR SAVIOR,
OR IS THIS GESTURE NOT PART OF YOUR NORMAL BEHAVIOR?
DID YOU PAUSE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE BREAKFAST TO PRAY,
OR WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED AN UNSCHEDULED DELAY?
WHEN YOU LOOKED IN THE MIRROR, DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE
A REFLECTION OF WHAT MY SON WANTS YOU TO BE?
IF YOU DON’T SEE MY SON IN ALL THINGS THRU YOUR EYES,
THEN PERHAPS ALL GOD’S GIFTS YOU STILL DON’T RECOGNIZE.
AS THE NEW DAY BEGAN AND BEFORE YOU DID PROCEED,
DID YOU ASK MY SON FOR YOU TO INTERCEDE?
WHEN YOU OPENED THE DOOR AND THEN STEPPED OUTSIDE,
WHO DID YOU EXPECT THAT FOR YOU WOULD PROVIDE?
PERHAPS EVEN THEN YOU DID NOT UNDERSTAND
FOR YOU DECIDED TO WALK WITHOUT HOLDING HIS HAND.
YOU WENT ON YOUR WAY AND NEVER LOOKED BACK
NOT SUSPECTING THAT YOU MAY BE UNDER ATTACK.
WHEN YOU PLAN TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR DAILY AFFAIRS,
YOU BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE TO DIABOLICAL SNARES.
IF YOUR DAY DID NOT GO AS YOU PLANNED OR EXPECTED,
WAS IT PERHAPS MY SON, JESUS, YOU SO OFTEN NEGLECTED?
YOUR DAY WILL BEGIN AND THE SAME WAY WILL END
IF YOU DO NOT ASK JESUS TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BEST PLANS, YOUR OWN LIFE TO ARRANGE,
BUT WITHOUT GOD AS YOUR FRIEND YOUR LIFE WILL NOT CHANGE.
DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED ALL THAT WAS OR WILL BE
FOR THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ARE ALL BY GOD’S DECREE.
DO NOT WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO THANK JESUS, YOUR KING,
FOR TOMORROW GOD DOES NOT TO EVERYONE BRING.
BEFORE YOU RETIRE AND TURN OFF THE LIGHT,
WILL YOU REMEMBER TO TELL MY SON, JESUS, GOOD NIGHT?
DO NOT WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO THANK GOD FOR TODAY
FOR TOMORROW GOD’S BLESSINGS MAY NOT AGAIN COME YOUR WAY.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
12-23-1997