Slow-Motion God

God pulls and pushes me to Him by inches,
He knows I must take baby steps to walk,
He gives me little pain, just a few pinches,
He knows when He’s too hard on me, I balk.

Because I’m slow, God reels me in so slowly,
He pities me that I’m so dull and dumb,
He knows it will take long to make me holy,
I have a lot of sins to overcome.

Though I might crawl, God takes it all in stride,
my weakness, my unwillingness, my fear,
He pushes soft so’s not to hurt my pride,
your tortoise wins so long you persevere.

Lord, keep Your patient knocking on my heart,
and I’ll speed up my so slow-motion part.

                       -- by Pete Voelz       12/17/12