Psonnets of Courtship
I Will Not Go, O Lord

A proverb and a byword is my heart
because I do not seek His ministry,
but rather seek a wife to oversee
and children of my own to love, in part
because I do not want to set apart
myself to seek the Lord entirely,
although what other would desire me
in all my wretchedness and not depart?
I will not go, O Lord, but I believe
You will forgive me this if I repent.
I do not want to labor if I grieve
Your Spirit with a broken covenant
to labor in Your fields if I will leave
when I, with wife and children, am content.
~ by Michael Rew / Email: witness@psonnets.org

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