SIGNS

BRING IN THE CLOWNS
~ and dismiss them
What are the clowns of these days?
You see them on Sunday and sometimes,
Wednesday night
They go to a building and attempt
to entertain the people,
while holding out their empty plates
waiting for the money to jingle
They recite all-time favorite passages
from the Good Book
hold your baby,
bless your child,
give young people away in marriage,
and add initials in front of their name
but friend, most are impostors
They are there to please the people
to entertain
to accomplish purely
nothing

The President has many religious advisors
"men of the cloth"
men who have studied the Bible
and great religious writings
and yet,
where is TRUTH?

Who speaks perfect Truth these days?
Rarely will a religious man know pure Truth
and if he does, even rarer is the one
who has courage to speak it

So, bring in the clowns
Call in the religious advisors
They will do no better than the magicians
for the Pharaoh in Egypt's time

You want TRUTH?
Get it yourself!
Ask God to make you fully ready and able
to hear His Voice
and give you a heart willing to obey
all that you hear

"MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE
AND THEY FOLLOW ME"

You are set apart to be a Holy man
a priest, if you will
a Warrior for TRUTH
All you must do is submit
to God's Program of Cleansing

Dismiss the clowns
They do more harm than good
Confusion, they bring
Apostasy, they teach

BE
"THE TRUTH - MAN"
BE
the one who hears the Father's Voice
BE
Holy as God is Holy

and then we'll have some
ACTION
instead of clowns "playing church"
~
The forbidden way
drives me forward
I advance quickly
I gain boldness
I know success will be mine
but love is repelled
mercy revoked
truth and honesty hidden
behind the smoke
fire fills my soul
I think this is contentment
I feel powerful
I feel invincible
I do the inconceivable
but . . .
what is that on the horizon?
the water rises
dead fish float to the surface
the water becomes black
the ocean revolts against the earth
familiar sights disappear
the sky is no longer in view
I scream
but hear nothing
I listen
but feel that my ears are blocked
I try to move
but feel that I cannot
I feel nothing
see nothing
know all that is about me
and it is not life
it is not . . .


CLOSE THE DOOR