Poetry

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HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE PAIN,
OUR FATHER HAS LONG ENDURED-
THE GRIEF THAT HIS HEART HAS KNOWN
SEEING THE TEARS HE HAS STORED?
HAS THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO YOU,
THE ACHE IN THE FATHER’S HEART-
WATCHING CHILDREN GO ASTRAY
SEEING HIS CHURCH TORN APART?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE PAIN,
HE FEELS WHEN WAR HAS ERUPTED-
AS THE DEATH AND MAIMING GROWS
SOCIOTY BECOMES CORRUPTED?
CHILDREN ARE BATTERED AND BRUISED,
AND GANGS FIGHT IN THE STREET-
WITH LEADERS PLEASING THEMSELVES
CRIMINALS THEIR CRIMES REPEAT.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HIS PAIN,
KNOWING HE COULD END IT ALL-
THE WAR, CORRUPTION, DISEASE
THAT’S RESULTING FROM THE FALL?
IN A SINGLE BEAT OF THE HEART,
HIS WORD SENT OUT IN POWER-
ALL THIS SUFFERING COULD END
ALL HIS FOES WOULD COWER.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HIS PAIN,
AS HE WAITS HOLDING HIS MIGHT-
KNOWING PEOPLE ARE HURTING
WATCHING THEIR COURAGE TAKE FLIGHT?
HE’S WILLING TO BEAR THE PAIN,
BEAR THE PAIN OF ALL OUR SIN-
TILL HIS CHURCH IS COMPLETED
UNTIL THE LAST SOUL IS IN.

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