Savior God

Will God save me but not my enemy?
Will I deserve to live, but he to die?
What makes me good is much a mystery,
as are the things that make him worse than I.

Does he not love his own as pagans do,
as dear to him as mine are dear to me?
Does he not think his faith to be as true
as I think true my Christianity?

I must love him, my enemy, the more,
as much as I love those I know and see;
just as I made an option for the poor,
to live the faith that I've been given free.

O Lord, help me to replace hate with love,
so I'll be what I hope I'm worthy of.

                         -- by Pete Voelz          8/05