Poetry
The staircase to heaven,
To friendship with God,
Is marked with surrender
Each step that is trod.
We gladly relinquish
Each thing we have clutched,
To gain heaven's favor
We give up our crutch.
Our earthly possessions,
The things we hold dear,
No longer possess us
As heaven draws near.
For once we have tasted
Communion so sweet,
We lay all before Him
To sit at His feet.
We're made for His friendship,
We're formed just for Him,
And once we have tasted
All earth's joys grow dim.
An intimate friendship
Is what He desires,
His love fills the hunger
That our soul requires.
Our souls are so restless
And can't be fulfilled
By our earthly friendships
Or things that once thrilled.
We thought more possessions
Would fill the deep need,
With each acquisition
We find only greed.
No joy can we find
In this world's earthly goods,
Our treasure's in heaven
In His Fatherhood.
On this staircase to heaven
No step can we skip,
For each has importance
On this divine trip.
Each step has a purpose,
It grooms us for Him,
His presence grows sweeter,
Earth's pleasures more dim.
We climb heaven's staircase
And don't look behind,
With eyes fixed on Jesus
We find peace of mind.
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