If God Should Go on Strike

It's just a good thing God above

 Has never gone on strike

Because he wasn't treated fair,

Or for things he didn't like.

If he has ever once sat down

And said "That's it--I'm through

I've had enough of those on earth,

So this is what I'll do.

I'll give my orders to the sun

Cut off your heat supply,

And to the moon, give no more light

And run your oceans dry.

Then, just to really make it tough

And put the pressure on,

Turn off the air and oxygen

Till every breath is gone."

Do you know he'd be justified

If fairness were the game?

For no one has been more abused

Or treated with disdain

Than God--and yet he carries on

Supply you and me

With all the favors of his grace

And everything--for free

Men say they want a better deal

So on strike they go,

But what a deal we've given God

Whom everything we owe.

We don't care who we hurt or harm

To gain the things we like.

But what a mess we'd all be in

If God should go on strike.

 

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