J.M.J.
RESPOND TO GOD’S CALL
WHY IS IT, DEAR CHILDREN, WHEN THERE ARE TRAGEDIES,
THOSE WHO PRAYED NOT SEEK MY SON ON THEIR KNEES?
AND YET, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WHEN ALL DOES GO WELL,
THEY AGAIN SEEK TO FOLLOW THE PATHWAY TO HELL.
HOW MANY TIMES MUST THE FLOODWATERS RISE
BEFORE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOU OPEN YOUR EYES?
HOW MANY TIMES MUST THE EARTH AGAIN QUAKE
BEFORE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOU BEGIN TO AWAKE?
HOW MANY TIMES MUST THE WILDFIRES BURN
BEFORE YOU BEGIN FOR MY SON’S LOVE TO YEARN?
WHY, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WHY MUST YOU WAIT
BEFORE YOU START PRAYING WHEN IT’S ALMOST TOO LATE?
WAIT NOT, MY DEAR CHILDREN, FOR TOMORROW TO COME
FOR TODAY MAY JUST BE THE LAST DAY FOR SOME.
YOU CAN GAMBLE, DEAR CHILDREN, BUT YOU WILL NOT WIN
IF YOUR SOUL IS AT STAKE AND YOU’RE LIVING IN SIN.
YOUR EYES HAVE NOT SEEN YET THE FORCE OF THE WIND
SWEEPING ACROSS A LAND THAT HAS SINNED.
AND YET, GREATER TRAGEDIES ARE SOON TO BEFALL
IF MANKIND REFUSES TO RESPOND TO GOD’S CALL.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
5-27-2000