Poor

Living for the world;

Leaves one poor.

Positioning,

Aligning,

Focusing,

Our time,

our efforts,

our resources...

For the world;

Leaves one poor.

 

 

Beautiful home & yard,

High Mortgage and nice Cars.

Development all around.

Nothing but good promised about this town.

 

But yet, all you can see is displeased customers.

Bitter.

Frustrated.

Our happily misled to a long bank filled death

 

The money is there, so is the trust.

All protected because its here.

In this life.

Not in the after.

 

We chalk it up to "Im tired"

 

 

But doubtful we ever gleam into the true promises of our God.

Promises that are utterly more

Utterly different than

The world.

Its here we are called, but to live as if

Its not here

 

"Oh no its only the first of the month"

 

We need that 2nd home

1 isn't enough

We need that extra raise

For what we have now is just "scraping by"

 

I don't see any scratchs

I don't see any burns

What do we middle class people know

 

God is good. We can sing.

KLOVE on repeat.

Just a bunch of endless words

We need classes to tell us "were okay"

 

Hey how do I do this or that?

 

Can I have a book on that?

 

Hey did you download the latest sermon?

 

Hit replay .

Replay.

 

Replay.

 

Okay done. Solved that one.

 

 

Promises are many.

But we live for the temporary

Throw up.

Vomit

Going back to the beginning

Only to arrive once again

At that initial sin.

 

 

So whats the answer?

 

I will tell you.

 

Its Death.

Death to this world.

Death to my desires.

Death to all this game and running

Death to myself

And death to all ive learned

 

 

Its losing.

Losing this world

Losing my desires

Losing the game

Losing myself

And everything I learned

 

 

Its loving.

Poorly no more.

 

Poor is rich in God's kingdom.

 

 

"Its difficult for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven"

 

And yet, we say no way ...

 

I want to shop at Whole Foods someday.

 

 

The End.