Category: On a Serious Note

No one goes through the Pearly gates
Without St. Peter’s holy nod.
Nobody is allowed access
To the Heavenly Throne of God.
So he was stopped at Heaven’s gate
And told that to atone for sin,
He must name good things he had done
To earn enough points to get in.
He said that he had been married
To his wife for fifty years,
And [...]

He sat in his doctor’s office,
Consternation on his face,
He hadn’t very long to live
For death, now, had entered the race.
He had great fear of the unknown,
Fears he knew he should not abide.
He asked the doctor if he knew
What waited on the other side?
He said, “I’ve always believed in God,
But with the threat of death so [...]

The father said,
“The stove is hot!”
He touched it once…
Much wiser tot.
As grown-ups we
Also must try.
The sign said, “Wet;”
The paint looked dry.
God said, “Don’t eat
Fruit from that tree!”
But surely, God,
You don’t mean me.
The Bible says,
Not once but twice;
Obedience
Beats sacrifice.

How she’d gotten by my nurse,
I didn’t even have a clue.
She said, ”Sir my mom’s real sick
And she’s bad in need of you.”
I sat unmoved at my desk,
Diplomas on all the walls.
I said, “Have your mom come in;
I no longer make house calls.”
She said, “Mom is way too sick,
I’m afraid she’s going to die.
I know [...]

His first day in Heaven
He was touring the grounds;
All the Heavenly sights,
And the Heavenly sounds.
He couldn’t help wondering,
“What’s happening below?”
How were things at his church?
He wanted to know.
With the Heavenly TV,
He could look down below.
He would find his church service,
And then he would know.
He saw his friends singing;
Why was there no sound?
“Can someone adjust it?”
He [...]