Treating God Like A Crisis Hotline Poem by Qiniso Mogale

In their pride they feel they are better than God
Their earthly wealth makes them believe that they don't need God
They abandon God when all is well
They forsake God when all is well
They scorn God when all is well
They forget God when all is well
They treat God like a crisis hotline.

They remember God when trouble strikes
They remember God when disaster strikes
They call upon God when storms of life attack
They pray to God when under trials and tribulations
They remember God when their earthly wealth evaporates
They cry out to God when fire breaks out in their lives
They think God is a fire extinguisher
They treat God like a crisis hotline.

During good times they seldom pray to God
During happy times they don't commune with God
They never thank God for all He has done for them
All they do is to make requests and demands
During crisis God receives their complaints
Their God is a pocket God who they take out during troubled times
Their God is only consulted during crisis
They treat God like a crisis hotline.