LIFE'S OFFER

  Life has so much to offer,
It's confusing which offer to take;
There are good, bad and indifferent offers,
Choose wisely my friend, for your sake!
 
Some are beautifully plain and simple,
And easy to identify;
But those 'super-fantastic' appearing ones
Very often turn out a LIE!
 
The Scriptures say to 'test the spirits'',
This is certainly good advice...
But you must have the desire to test..
Or you'll end up being part of that lie!
 
Sometimes the glitter and the glamour
Mask out the reality that's truly there.
You see only what you want to see;
But that can end up in despair.
 
In my haste to select an offer,
I wonder, did I choose wise?
I had the greatest of hopes for this one,
But is it just one of those lies?
 
Underneath it all I don't think so,
To call it a 'lie' would be wrong.
Right now I feel like it's not for me:
I'll find out, I'm sure, before long.
 
Because when I care, I care deeply..
No doubt, I move in quite fast...
Some day I'll choose one who thinks like me;
Then that choice will be my last!
 
The ideal 'offer' that I would choose
Would have priorities similar to these:
Her first love would have to be Jesus,
I'll settle for what's left for me!
 
                          jac 3-25-81