I hear the echo's in this wilderness still cry:

"Make straight the way of the Lord"            (Isa 40:3)

"Repent for the Kingdom of God is nigh"    (matt 3:2)

"Yea, even at the door."

Where Glory, like that of those lilies,           (matt t6:26)

which neither toil nor spin,

and sparrows that neither sow nor reap

are beckoning to go in.

I see this wondrous Kingdom:

My arms stretched out to meet.

But even though I found it

I am not poor nor meek.                                  (Mattt 5:1)

Nor am I like those children,

of whom He said to be,

or else I shall in no wise enter

into that Kingdom that I see.

Or like those blessed persecuted,

who, for righteousness' sake                            (Matt 5:10)

Are in like Flynn, but I can't win,

And there's my life at stake.

Thou hast given me these eyes and hands

That keep from entering into life

And now I must, but I confess,

I cannot take them to the knife.                          (Matt 5:29)

So here I will remain to ponder

What's impossible for men:

A Kingdom unattainable,

Just looking from the outside in.

But there's hope in the words that Jesus spoke

"With God all things are possible."                  (Matt 19:26)

And those who do repent from sin

He will not hold responsible.

A camel goes through a needles' eye                 (Matt 19:24)

Though it takes God's compassion-

On those who go down on their knees

And bring Him their confession.