Called One, Consider

If God has called you to a station
That far surpasses human thought,
Do you expect to live like others,
Or unto Him by whom you’re bought?

The consecrated heart rejoices
To find in Him its only rest;
Let others revel in their pleasures—
In God you’ll find a joy more blest.

This life in Christ will surely draw you
Apart from earthly friends and ties.
Can you, with Paul, count earth’s aims refuse
In view of heaven’s fadeless prize?

In God’s due time you’ll share His nature
In glory’s realm—His own abode.
Be faithful, loyal, true and steadfast
While on this straight and narrow road.

Consider His great love unending,
O soul, take not His grace in vain—
He loves you dearly and desires you
To with His Son in heaven reign.

Poems of the Way
Helen Watina