GOD UNDERSTANDS

You get a call from an -
Uncle, promising you 20 grand
You look around and -
you can’t find anything to put on
so you borrow from
friends, family; maybe daughter or son (snickers)
& you show up thirty minutes before time
Looking all neat & without grime
Grinning just because “Uncle” promised you a dime
& 3 hours after appointment,
You are still waiting because “Uncle” is lounging
Yet you show no disappointment
Until he finally shows up & gives the farthing
Yet when you are told “service is 7 am, come fasting”
You fill your tummy & revel in farting
Then get back into bed so as to attend service -
after praise sessions...& your bed is ever at your service
Comfy...comfy...snug, so you roll & turn
& when you finally get up, you find out
That there’s nothing to wear out
Your words? “No! I cannot borrow”
So you stay back from Sunday service
Engage the sleep gear & rev it
Lying to yourself, “God Understands”
But for how long will he understand?
You forget that the blessing you garner from
one service could give you twenty drums
of the twenty grand ‘uncle’ spitefully gave
enough to last you to the grave...
oh! Ye of little understanding,
for how long will God understand?
For the few times you manage to be in church late
You do not even wait till “the grace”
Racing home to bed again
Maybe gist with friends about a football game
When you are asked “Why the haste?”... your claim
“God understands” again
For how long will he understand?
It’s time to pay tithes
But your offering envelope you hold tight
Calculating the tithe to the fraction
Nothing above, maybe a subtraction
Yeah...yeah... you need to feed
Buy clothes to dress with
A house to sleep
Again God understands
But how come you don’t understand?
That if he can give you what you have now
He can give you more
Do not be deceived into thinking
That grace is to be taken with trifling
The same measure with which you deal
Will you be dealt... for real!
& your level of dedication to His service
Determines the reward you get on the...
you know when!
For in the end, God will tell you
“I understand”