“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven”
Oh my soul, how did you get this way?
How did you become
So faithless, hopeless, loveless?
So vile, corrupt, and bereft of virtue?
So unbelieving, arrogant and foolish?
It was willed
How did you become
Lower than the pagans?
Disobedient like the gentiles?
Idolatrous like the Philistines?
It was chosen
Who has
Used more of His grace?
Wasted more of His time?
Taxed more of His patience?
No one, you wicked thing!
To whom did you
give a cup of cold water in His name?
grant mercy and not judgment?
bespeak anything of Christ’s glory?
Soul, which of Christ’s teachings did you actually obey?
I let my “yes be yes”. Mostly.
SDA
Last Things 