Tithemi
by Michael Doyle

As citizens of the kingdom and our nation
We live with tension and fascination
Walking tall in our community
We live the love of God's good family

By doing this, we take our Christian cue
As we study and find God's good clues
Starting in our mirrors to align
Ourselves as we live with the divine

We face this patiently and unafraid
Adhering to the plans that God has made
Mirrored to the meaning of God's words said
Keeping these in our hearts and heads

As Christ's ambassadors, we wear His seal
Through the shining light of His appeal
Giving good to all around in our community
We walk this Earth as God's holy family

We do this as we face a rebellion of humanity
Hostile to faith and caught up in immorality
We walk our faith to bring our Father's good
As we serve to make God's ways plainly understood

We find this world filled with levels of toxicity
And full of its worst adverse complexity
We must find our way toward God's healing grace
Living anchored through the gospel's embrace

Bitterness is but one of the Devil's schemes
To live in the steps of forgiveness is our dream
As we cancel the debts plainly in good conscience
Praying God's love be made felt by our presence

God's love compels us to live our days in love
As He limits our options for the good from above
His Son died for all that we might restore
The brokenness by what choose to live for

Individualism and American ways alter Christianity
Therefore, we must be careful of isolation's vanity
As part of our good faith, we live for our community
This being the new creation reconciled as God's family

There are sins enough to count, but should we?
The message of the Bible is to bridge this travesty
Reconciled to all on this Earth within God's love
We are committed to this reconciliation by Heave above

The ministry of reconciliation is under God's control
Placed there by Christ for the good of our souls
We Christians are to live for what it is He died for
There is nothing less wanted, nor anything more

This is what it is that God says is needed
Not the casted stone, but forgiveness heeded
Humanity is filled with imperfections to heal
Life is hard and we should live by grace in our tale

Let's put no stumbling blocks into anyone's way
With wide open hearts, we must live in God's ways
We are to walk in peace endeavoring to be humble
Allowing God's grace to prevent us from the crumble

The crumble that comes from broken relationship
This is the truest way to walk our worship
Let's add value to our godly sense of community
As we are after all together in God's family

(c) July 7, 2024   Michael Doyle
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