For Rowdy Christians Everywhere
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We are those who trust ourselves to the Lord’s guidance.
We are the meek, who desire love and crave kindness.
We are the hungry, yearning to share God’s spirit.
We are those who give thanks, greeting gifts with laughter.
We are imperfect, but continue to practice.
We revere God, in awe and curiosity.
Not for us the flesh’s faithless curiosity.
Not for us to follow fallen man’s blind guidance.
Not for us to join in every wicked practice.
Ours instead are the holy commands of kindness.
Ours is eternal life, and enlightened laughter.
Ours are the sacred fruits of the Holy Spirit.
They are those who scoff at the notion of spirit.
They are sleepers, whose souls lack curiosity.
They are the lost, led astray by sinful laughter.
They are the proud, refusing to accept guidance.
They are miserable, hiding from heaven’s kindness.
They deny God, in every thought, word and practice.
Not for them religion’s obedient practice.
Not for them to know the wonders of the Spirit.
Not for them to be born again through God’s kindness.
Theirs instead to indulge sin’s curiosity.
Theirs is a life unrestrained by moral guidance.
Theirs are broken hearts, vain lives, and hollow laughter.
You are the ones with the chance to share our laughter
You are the seekers, putting hope into practice.
You are the humble, willing to ask for guidance.
You are the called, chosen to receive God’s spirit.
You are adventurers, whose curiosity
will lead you from darkness into God’s bright kindness.
Not for you to stop at complacency’s kindness,
Not for you to settle for ignorant laughter.
Not for you to shrink back from curiosity.
Yours instead the search for Truth, though prayer and practice.
Yours the worthy quest to learn who made man’s spirit.
Yours to cast aside all maps and trust God’s guidance.
You are drawn towards kindness by curiosity.
Not for you to practice their vice or spurn our guidance.
Instead receive Christ‘s spirit, and holy laughter.