PERFECT (Matthew 19:21)

BE YOU PERFECT
AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER
IS PERFECT

IF YOU WOULD BE PERFECT
SELL ALL YOU HAVE
AND GIVE TO THE POOR
COME FOLLOW ME

FAMILIAR QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE

BUT IT SEEMS TO PLACE THE BAR
TOO HIGH

THE THOUGHT IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY
IN WHOSE MILIEU
THE NEW TESTAMENT
WAS WRITTEN
WAS

IF SOMETHING
DID A TASK
FOR WHICH IT WAS MADE
IT WAS PERFECT

SO A WRENCH IS NOT PERFECT
FOR DRIVING NAILS

A CHAINSAW
FOR MEASURING WOOD

A KNIFE
FOR TURNING SCREWS

THOUGH I’M SURE
MOST PARENTS
HAVE DONE SO
THEY CAN’T FIND THEIR SCREWDRIVERS

WHAT ARE WE MADE FOR
WE ARISE FRESH FROM THE BAPTISMAL FONT
EXPECTED TO LIVE AS CHRISTIANS

TO FOLLOW THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS

LOVE GOD
LOVE NEIGHBOR

THE SUM OF THE COMMANDMENTS

AS WE APPROACH THE IDEAL
WE ARE PERFECT

AS WE LEAVE THE IDEAL
WE ARE BROKEN

CHRISTIANITY
IS MORE THAN
SUNDAY MORNING SHINY FACE
BUT 24/7 x 365

LIVING THE LIFE
WALKING THE WALK
JUDGING EVERYTHING
AGAINST THE IDEAL

FOR WHAT WAS I MADE

BE YOU PERFECT
AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PERFECT

BE WHAT I CREATED YOU
TO BE

FRANK A VOLLMER