Together! You’ll Make It (1) Poem by Michael P. Johnson

It seems the church is in a mess
This fact is nothing new
Each day she sees she’s growing less
But what on earth’s to do?

Allow my children air their views
Let wisdom, take command –1Ti.4: 11
Take care that no one should confuse –Pr.18: 2
Who fail to understand

A child’s soon bored, when nought’s to do
They cry, when hurt or spurned –2Ti.2: 24
But quick to see when something’s new
And show it, they’ve learned

To hinder them, would be absurd –Mt.19: 14
Could cause a deep divide
Could make them think, the truth they’ve heard
Is better off to hide

What are the needs of every child?
How can their souls; be saved?
What hinders them, from running wild?
What makes them well behaved?

The King of kings can see it well
So down in black on white –1Co.14: 26
I wrote that ALL the saved should tell
The gospel of His Light –Mt.28: 18-20

The truth’s not left to one alone –Ex.18: 17-26
Although ordained with oil
Yet ALL may help the plough to hone –Pr.27: 17
And dig beneath the soil –1Co.9: 10

So silence not, true lips that speak
Nor quench my Spirit’s flow –1Ti.5: 19
That you who come my face to seek
In unity; can grow…