God's Best

More than He's far away, God is right here,
more than He loved before, He loves me now,
since God is love, His present love's most dear,
as bad I am, He loves me anyhow.
More than He comes to all, God comes to me,
He does not wait for me, He's right here first,
He spends His power on me, yet I'm still free,
He gives His best to me, He gets my worst.
So He can raise me up to be divine,
He left divinity to be a man,
while I hoard me and everything that's mine,
for me He's given everything He can.
O God, though You're so big and I'm so small,
You ask but little while You give me all.

                             -- by Pete Voelz      4/08