THE GRATEFUL MANY

 

 

Are you among the Grateful Many?
Are you one of those that don't have plenty?
Are you one of the few that look to Heaven to be fed?
While the wickedness of life leaves you crusts of bread.

Are you one of the Grateful that lives off the light?
Are you fighting each day to do what is right?
Trying to bring salvation to the hearts of all men
Whilst finding no shelter from them as their kin

 

Do you stay Grateful despite the dark nights?
Do you show yourself to be a God given light?
If so, you shall be counted as one of the many
For though you have little you offer man plenty
Living to bring joy to all that you see
Giving them hope so they can be free.

 

If you are not one of these Grateful many

Take a good look at what you call Plenty
Do you live for money and hide in the night?
Do compromise compassion in spite of the right?
Do lies from your lips seem to always fall?
Does your soul quiver at Evil's sick call?
It’s not a question of possession but a question of soul
Will your name be listed on Heaven's great roles?

 

God knows I am trying to be among these many
Giving my all and not living for plenty
not giving just scraps off the plate of my soul
but giving my all to help make men whole
for in this life I may scrape it all off my plate
just to ensure that others have ate
but I know that in Glory I will have plenty
As I walk Heaven's streets of Gold
with The Grateful Many!

© 2013 Eddie K. Phillips