The Church

The Church 

We arrive early to a morning service in a hurry
 Look in every direction for jackets & mittens
 A long line of performance can awake the senses
 Straddling fences taking notes on a paper for reference
 It's not based on steeples & bells or even a salesman giving something to hear;
 No, his love was such that he suffered so much just to 
 Cause some of us to follow in his footsteps
 The church should be in us all as a holy temple
 It has withstood the heaviest cost of time
 A heart saturated with truth in order to withstand
 The truest test if time leave your worry's behind
 Social injustice has infected so many
 Heavy hearts moved from a sweet message of love
 A beacon of light to a much hurting world in need
 Confession is made in such a holy place to pray
 An angellic host of heavenly onlookers guide the way
 Many choose not even to visit or enter it's doors
 Lest I implore another place in which to enjoy
 Marriage as a holy institution is held within those doors
 Funeral service for the dearly departed exit it's frame
 It's for everyone whether black, white or Chinese 
 While the outside world is hungry for a teaching to knock you to your knees
 Share the good news that you learned within it's doors
 Help the widow, lame & handicapped see that there is a place of peace
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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November 28, 2016 at 4:16 PM
Enjoyed your poem and we are His church
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