Planet God

You made the planets, put us here to live,
but we prefer a planet of our own,
we turn from You, and all the gifts You give,
to gods of self and silicon and stone.

The god of science really’s just our pride,
for hours we worship fun technology,
in vanity we push You, God, aside,
yet Planet God is true reality.

With cool inventions, we adore our smarts,
we make machines and media our toys,
neglect the spiritual with our worldly hearts,
deny Your planet of celestial joys.

Lord, keep Your planet clear before our eyes,
so as we run, we keep them on the prize.

                       by Pete Voelz      12/2/13