My name is Christian
I'm hard to find
I think I can see
but you say I'm blind

I write to the nations
but none of them hear
they all like their own words
and want none of the fear

of the LORD who made
the earth and the sky
so many millions
all asking why..

and yet when the answers
come from my lips
they break out in troop brigades
on thousands of ships

to hunt me down
and scale my walls
and tell me I must now
say nothing at all

of this LORD who I know of
for He cannot be real..
for He testifies
that they murder and steal..

that they take and take more
throughout all their years..
and that they are the cause
of so many world-tears...

Why do you wonder..?
Why do you gasp?
Do you think that your life
will be blessed as the last?

Do you think that the man
who called to the cross..
has somehow been found
at words, a loss..?

Do you think He knew nothing
of today's generation..
so that His words of love
no longer need ministration?

Do you think that His ways
and His love for the hating..
has somehow subsided..
with compassion abating?

Do you think His desire
to see every soul saved
has flickered out cold..?
Or is not the road paved..

with so many liars
and so many lures..
that taste so delectable
that you have to be sure

that you know you're in righteousness
and that you have His peace
But if this is true..
should not "Christian" wars cease?

Should not we reach out
to even the killer?
Does not their heart need of
God's love all the fuller?

Do you think "turn the cheek"
has gone by the way?
Do you think that aphorism
somehow apply not today?

Take a step back..
look at all you can see..
and take another step..
look toward eternity..

And see all the joys
that you claim as your own..
Do you ache?  Do you sorrow?
for those who still moan

deep in their hearts
for a savior and king
that to save the least,
gave up everything?

Do you think He no longer
cries weeps and pleads..
Do you think that His blood
should no longer feed..

the souls of the harsh ones..
for you are so saved
that you could not get near
such a one so depraved..?

Think now.. so kindly..
Think and be quick..
Because your own life
might just not tick

so clearly and soundly
with God's love as you guess..
It may be that your blessing
is really a mess...

It may be that your sorrows
that you left behind
are truly a blessing
of a far deeper kind..

But that's up to you..
it's your choice who you love..
it's your choice whom you grant
to see your God above..

What does it matter..
who truly cares..?
Why would you want
such depraved men Upstairs?

How could Heaven be Heaven
if one of those heathen
took of your life
just as Saul did to Stephen..

then had a Damascus road
right in his path..
only to find
in his blindness' aftermath

that Jesus was calling him
to witness and pray
for the very people
who scorned him today?

How would it be
if such a hard soul
would become your brother
and be made whole?

Would you be willing
to bear your own cross..
and pour love on such enemies..
and bring gain from your loss..?

Would you partake
with such "fiends" at your table..?
Would you invite them
to a drafty old stable..

where your savior was born..
and His presence was felt..
Where His love brought all warmth..
as before Him they knelt...

Would you find welcome
for such as Saddam..
Or Osama or others
who aren't worth a "damn"?

Would you bring in
from the cold those you hate..?
Or would you consign them
to hell as their fate?

The thief on the cross..
he died.. but he lives..
all because our savior
gives as He lives..
unto any and all
who come to His feet..
and does not consume
though death be his meat..
but brings peace joy and wonder
and all this world needs..

Would you really go on
in your "Christian" misdeeds?

It's all up to you..
It's all your decision..
Do you live in perfection..
and hold onto division..?

Or do you give up
all that you know..
that your most painful memory
might in His heart grow?