Free Time
I don't often try my hand at poetry but some time ago I wrote this as a short summary of how the weekend works out for many people today. As one person put it to me 'church doesn't really fit into today's lifestyle'. Or as another said 'I don't need it'.What shall we do today? The weather’s fine,
To Tesco, clean the car or cut
the grass?
The day is free, we’re masters of
our time.
Let’s fill it full of fun and let
it pass.
There’s sport, there’s food,
there’s outings, there’s TV
So much to do that we are never
free.
Such folk forget, or did they
ever know
That joy and peace take space if
they’re to grow?
They have no time to join the
faithful few,
Who meet each week to pay the
Lord his due.
Sunday by Sunday as the weeks go
past
The day gets filled with work and
not with rest.
So empty is the content of a
creed
To busy folk who say ‘I have no
need’.
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