(Written for someone now ready
to take up the teachings of Jesus Christ)
To avoid destruction worthy to the name,
Embrace the narrow path Jesus taught
His followers to take in life.
Why did our Master say this to us?
To take all the joy out of living?
Ridiculous thought.
It was to save us from the sorrow,
The disillusionment and the lack
Of all things worth having,
That inevitably comes from
Taking the world's way.
And the worst thing about
Disobeying Jesus' commands?
It leads to a sense of living apart from God,
To absence of the lasting good
Our heavenly Father alone can give.
No matter how far down the broad way
You have gone -- if almost to the end --
You can turn around and adopt
Today the only way to live.
Your loving Father wants you home.
