Then I Weep

My good friend and pilgrim pal, Susan Bunts, posted the following poem on her blog recently! It's excellent! It's powerful! Thanks Susan! Check out Susan's Blog

Today we learned a little something,

About God,

Now…let me tell you why I weep.

When I hear quotes from the wisdom of man,

In place of godly counsel from the Word of God,

Then I weep.

When I hear stories about some man made superhero,

Instead of Bible history…tales of men transformed by the power of God,

Then I weep.

When I hear scripture overly simplified,

Rather than digging deep into the bountiful treasure of the Word of God,

Then I weep.

When I see the church swept downstream into today’s culture,

Instead of offering the Way to come up higher,

Then I weep.

When I forget that my salvation is a work of God,

Not of man…whose works are as filthy rags,

Then I weep.

When I see the church effortlessly float downstream,

Instead of exercising faith building study in the Word of God,

Then I weep.

When I partake of cotton candy that melts in my mouth,I

nstead of chewing on the meat of God’s word,

Then I weep.

When I see interest waning,

Instead of excitement building at the study of God’s Word,

Then I weep.

When I neglect the Word of God,

Set it aside for something more palatable to my weakened and sinful mind,

Then I weep.

When I, in ignorance, neglect God’s character and lay aside His instruction,

I unknowingly strip God of His power in my life,

Then I weep.

When I fail to learn and abide by what God says is right,

And I unwittingly invite sin to creep its way back into my life,

Then I weep.

When I allow my life to be ordinary,

An example to none,

Then I weep.

When I choose to live,

A settled for life,

Then I weep.

When I think I’m saved,But my life is not changed,

transformed by the power of Holy Spirit,

Then I weep.

When I allow the light within me to be dimmed,

My life not salty, lacking in savor and good for nothing,

Then I weep.

When I’m indwelt by the Holy Spirit,

But not daily filled to live by the power of God,

Then I weep.

When I strip God of His power,

Quench the Spirit’s work within me because of easy and lazy unbelief,

Then I weep.

When I fail to learn about God,

His mighty and transforming work in the lives of sinful man,

Then I weep.

When I neglect the work of His hands,

Forgetting His deeds of old and His ability and desire to do the same today,

Then I weep.

When I forget that by His Word that He spoke everything into existence,

When I’m hard pressed to tell you the Ten Commandments, much less live by them,

Then I weep.

When I don’t know of God’s faithfulness,

And forget about His deliverance of Israel time and time again,

Then I weep.

When I think that Jesus came to show us how to live,

Instead of to die, the only worthy propitiation for my sins,

Then I weep.

Today we learned a little something about God,

Today I fear that instead…we learned that God is a little something,

Thus today I weep.

by Susan Bunts

June 24, 2007