J.M.J.

 

 

RECEPTION LINE

 

 

HOW DOES JESUS LOOK AT ME?

AM I AS GOOD AS I CAN BE?

THE FEW MISTAKES THAT I HAVE MADE,

I SHOULD DESERVE A PASSING GRADE.

 

RATHER PROUD, BUT AREN’T WE ALL?

A FEW MISTAKES, A JUDGMENT CALL.

SKIPPED A SUNDAY HERE AND THERE;

DON’T EVEN THINK GOD WAS AWARE.

 

LOOKED AT MY NEIGHBOR WITH A FROWN,

ASKED FOR MY HAND, I LET HIM DOWN.

THE REST, I GUESS, WAS WASTED TIME;

I KNOW FOR SURE THAT IS NO CRIME.

 

SO, LORD, HOW DO YOU THINK I RATE?

I’M READY, LORD, WHY MUST I WAIT?

IT’S GETTING DARK, AND HERE I STAND;

LORD, I DON’T THINK I UNDERSTAND.

 

PERHAPS, I’M NOT IN THE RIGHT LINE;

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

WHAT IS THAT SIGN HUNG ON THE DOOR?

IT SAYS, “GO BACK AND SIN NO MORE.”

 

“THY WILL BE DONE”

3-15-1994

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