Take A Minute

Take a minute of your time
Stop to think just where you're at
Are you growing in The Lord
Putting on your spiritual fat
Or do you just call His name
When your circumstance is bleak
Hoping that He'll hear your call
Give you strength when you are weak.

It's about relationship
Knowing that He's always there
Wanting nothing for yourself
But for Him, is all you care
Count the minutes of your time
Wasted in pursuit of dross
Turn around and live for Him
He is gain, the world is loss.

This poem was a finalist in the September 2008 poetry contest