"Try Again"

“Try Again”

“In the beginning God created”… and the heavens began to unfold

Day after day in The Garden, The King and Queen had a hand to hold…

Laughter filled their hearts again and again

They walked with God and called Him friend

A time they could not imagine an end

Joy of living around every bend

The word was clearly spoken

But then the words got twisted around

Their eyes forced to open

As the poison seeped in… sorrow was found

They hid and cried, “Let me try again

So deep in my heart I long to call you friend

Please won’t you show me sufferings end

Without your joy, I’m too weak to bend”

The hand of God in an act of undeserved grace

Gave a flaming sword to close the gates

So that someday they could try again

And the hand of God could touch the hand of men

“Let’s try again

I’ll be their God.  Someday I will call them friend

I’ll bring them to a time when the welcome has no end

I will teach them joy in the ones I send

One ark to carry the second king in a flood

Another to carry a covenant for a race called to call God friend

How could God give so many chances to this race of mud?

How many times were the words spoken again and again?

The hand of God in an act of underseved grace

Gave His only Son to meet man face to face

So on that day they could begin again

The hand of God touched the hand of man

“Let’s try again

I’ll be their God.  This day I’ll call them friend

I’ll bring them to a time when the welcome has no end

I will teach them joy in The One I send”

LN Maher

© 1998 Echoes of The Lion’s Roar (1/1)