Poem#32 No Halfway Friends
Job 4
Not everyone we’re called to love will be called a friend
Not every word we hear will be wise even from a Brother
A true Friend won’t object a request of confirmation 3 times
A friend to God can’t be a friend to the World can’t be halfway
Will either be all the way inside heaven or all the way inside hell
We can’t be listening to half truths without expecting a full lie
Without two or three witnesses no true Justice can be found
Can’t convict on slander alone no matter how the devil tries
Still the devil will convince us to convict until filled with hate
Like the friends of Job ignoring the truth that we’re born sinners
Still doesn’t mean we keep on sinning for the fear of the lion’s roar
Not when true Fear of the Lord produces Wisdom to draw us near
The company we keep in person or on a screen will lead to doors
Doors not meant for us to open as they lead to the way out the Gate
Don’t we understand the only way Satan can touch us, if we Leave
When the Lord is our Shepherd the devil needs permission to touch
Seeking counseling outside the Word of God is walking past the gate
The One gate that All must pass coming or going friend or no friend
True Friends will come through the Gate of the Lord won’t be a goat
A True Brother that brings a Word won’t be offended by confirmation
God’s Word will take us where the Lion lays down beside the Lamb
Any word that Leads us away is a Lamb lead astray & isn’t of God
The Counseling of God will cause pride to fall at the Gate as we kneel
Truth & Grace takes us before the Shepherd that Layed down His Life
Job 4
Not everyone we’re called to love will be called a friend
Not every word we hear will be wise even from a Brother
A true Friend won’t object a request of confirmation 3 times
A friend to God can’t be a friend to the World can’t be halfway
Will either be all the way inside heaven or all the way inside hell
We can’t be listening to half truths without expecting a full lie
Without two or three witnesses no true Justice can be found
Can’t convict on slander alone no matter how the devil tries
Still the devil will convince us to convict until filled with hate
Like the friends of Job ignoring the truth that we’re born sinners
Still doesn’t mean we keep on sinning for the fear of the lion’s roar
Not when true Fear of the Lord produces Wisdom to draw us near
The company we keep in person or on a screen will lead to doors
Doors not meant for us to open as they lead to the way out the Gate
Don’t we understand the only way Satan can touch us, if we Leave
When the Lord is our Shepherd the devil needs permission to touch
Seeking counseling outside the Word of God is walking past the gate
The One gate that All must pass coming or going friend or no friend
True Friends will come through the Gate of the Lord won’t be a goat
A True Brother that brings a Word won’t be offended by confirmation
God’s Word will take us where the Lion lays down beside the Lamb
Any word that Leads us away is a Lamb lead astray & isn’t of God
The Counseling of God will cause pride to fall at the Gate as we kneel
Truth & Grace takes us before the Shepherd that Layed down His Life