That Building

My son, you know I'm not some cannibal,
and yet I eat God's body every day;
no vampire me, yet by a miracle,
I drink God's blood--to drain my sins away.

I talk to God all day when not in church,
but I go there, in faith to see His face,
to find the truth in life for which I search,
for only there, I fill up on His grace.

In public witness of my faith I go
to show Him humble witness to His will;
for my Church is the only place I know,
where I can go to get of God my fill.

While I may not need church--God's everywhere,
to eat and drink of Christ, I must go there.

                        -- by Pete Voelz       1/08