J.M.J.

 

THE GIFT THAT WAS

 

 

WHEN YOU OFFER A GIFT THEN THAT GIFT YOU RETRIEVE,

DID YOU TRULY, AT THAT TIME, IN MY SON BELIEVE?

WHEN YOU OFFERED HIM HOMAGE AND YOUR KNEE DID BEND,

DID YOU ACKNOWLEDGE MY SON OR DID YOU JUST PRETEND?

 

IT PLEASES MY SON WHEN YOU ARE SINCERE,

WHEN YOU OFFER HIM PRAISE AND HIS NAME YOU REVERE.

WAS THIS TOO BURDENSOME OF AN ACT

THAT THE GIFT THAT YOU GAVE HIM YOU CHOSE TO RETRACT?

 

WHEN YOU ASKED OF MY SON AND HIS GIFTS YOU RECEIVED,

HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF YOUR GIFTS HE RETRIEVED?

WOULD YOU NOT WONDER IF HE REALLY LOVED YOU?

DID YOU SHOW THAT YOU LOVED HIM BY WHAT YOU FAILED TO DO?

 

“THY WILL BE DONE”

5-14-1997

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