Poem - I asked God

I asked God

Why did you withhold from me

The recognition I craved,

The results I wanted,

That scholarship I sought,

The university I applied for,

The brains I would love,

The prize I would coveted,

The internship I desired,

The job I longed for,

The First I thought I worked for,

Life rose-tinted as I would like it to be.

God told me

But did I withhold from you -

My love everlasting

My peace unending

My faithfulness assured

My grace boundless

My compassion pure

My justice right and true.

I did not withhold my son

I did not withhold His blood

I did not withhold His sacrifice

I did not withhold His pain

I did not withhold His righteousness

I did not withhold your inheritance

I did not withhold my promises

I did not withhold my goodness savoured deeply

I did not withhold eternity with me.

And I kept silent and worshipped Him.