God's Verse

Good All the Time

Sunday Morning grab your finest,

Sit in the pews,

Open the Bible,

Sing the hymns,

Hear the sermon.

Say 'Amen'

Amen.

Say 'Hallelujah'

Hallelujah.

Say 'God is Good'

All the time.

All the time?

All the time.

Even when rent is overdue?

All the time.

Even when my husband leaves?

All the time.

Even when my wife cheats?

All the time.

Even when my child was killed in the streets?

All the time.

Mother in the grave-

Father in debt-

Brother on the bottle-

Sister beat-

Cousin jailed-

Uncle drugged-

Aunt on life support-

All the time?

All the time.

And all the time?

God is good.

Why?

People are dying in the streets

Jumping in between the sheets

Virtues are on a leave

Addictions are causing grief

Clothing cutting off the sleeve

Declaring they don't believe

Reveling in sinful achievement

Biting into the apple like Eve.

How can God be good when no one is good?

How can the good of God bring us good,

When we don't believe in the goodness of God?

How can God come down to the good,

If the good can't be good for God?

Think, for a moment

The man giving up his seat

The lady sparing a dollar

The driver caring to wave hello

The teacher staying to help her student

The kid playing with the kid that was excluded

The stranger picking up the elder's cane

The mailman praying for someone's pain

The good that lives in us

Is the good that God loves.

Forgiving our neighbor seventy times seven times

Getting back up when we were brought back down

Lifting our heads and praising his name

Denying our flesh its desires

Humbling our ego and bowing down

Forcing our feet to step forward onto the narrow path

Stumbling, falling, dragging, crawling

Hoping one day we will make it to the pearly gates

Hear God's voice say

"Welcome, child. You have done well."

That is the good we seek and that God sees.

That is the good God wants us for.

So when I ask,

All the time?

All the time.

And all the time?

God is good.