Jeremiah 12:2

PERHAPS IT WAS THE POLITICAL

AND SOCIAL CONDITION

OF THE COUNTRY

THAT I LOVE

THIS SELF PROCLAIMED

CHRISTIAN NATION

OF GOD FEARING PEOPLE

I’D BEEN READING JEREMIAH FOR LENT

AND THESE WORDS JUMPED OFF THE PAGE

THE WORDS ARE AND I PARAPHRASE

THEY HAVE GOD ON THEIR LIPS

BUT NOT IN THEIR HEART

WHAT A PERFECT DEFINITION

OF OUR TIMES

GOD ON OUR LIPS

BUT NOT IN OUR HEART

PERHAPS EVERY AGE HAS BEEN THIS WAY

BUT I’M LIVING NOW

AND IT’S WRONG

POLITICIANS WHO ARE FOR SOMETHING

UNTIL THE OTHER SIDE AGREES

THEN THEY ARE AGAINST

NO THOUGHT OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE

BUT WHO WINS THE POLITICAL GAME

THEY PRATE ABOUT

PRAYER IN SCHOOLS

GOD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

WHAT GOD

CAN IT ONLY BE JESUS

HAVE CHRISTIANS

WON THE RIGHT

BY CONDUCT

AND SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS

WHEN CHILDREN NEED THE SCHOOL LUNCH

FOR THEIR ONE HOT MEAL

THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR PARENTS

WHO ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN

FOR MINIMUM WAGE

WHERE IS JUSTICE

WHEN SENIOR CITIZENS

MUST CHOOSE

BETWEEN FOOD AND MEDICINE

AND THE ALIEN

IN OUR MIDST

HOW HAVE WE TREATED HIM

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT

ARE REPLETE

WITH THE DIRECTIVE

THAT THE UNFORTUNATE

ARE OUR PRIMARY CONCERN

NOT POWER

NOT WEALTH

THE UNFORTUNATE

IS CHRIST NOT DYING DAILY

IN FACE OF THESE

AND OTHER TRAGEDIES

IS NOT THIS WHAT CHRIST FELT

AS HIS LIFE EBBED OUT

HIS VISION FAILED

THE COOLNESS OF A DYING DAY

SETTLING ON HIM

THE CLOUDS THICKENING

THE WIND BLOWING

MOTHER GIVEN AWAY

HE CRIES

I’M LONELY

DIES AND SAVES US

KNOWING OUR IMPERFECTIONS

OUR DEAF EARS TO HIS CRY

THIS IS OUR TIME

AND OUR TASK

TO SAY

WITH YOUR HELP

I AM WITH YOU

TO BRING ABOUT

WHAT YOU DIED FOR

FRANK A VOLLMER