God Trickster

O God, how You have tricked me many ways,
like a magician with Your bag of tricks,
Your audience You manage to amaze,
I wonder--is this how You get Your kicks?

Taught that my family, church and school were good,
I knew not how good ‘til them I embraced,
You tricked me then, and more when, understood
grown up and with them, I was fully graced.

You urge me to help others in their need,
but hide the joy of helping ‘til it’s there,
You plant a friend just like a mustard seed.
that blooms into a joy that is so rare.

Maybe they’re real, O Perfect Justice Lord,
and not a trick, but just a just reward.

            by Pete Voelz     4/28/14