My inspiring thoughts for this poem were Isaiah 6:8 (God calling Isaiah) and Matthew 9:37-38 (Jesus calling for “laborers” to be sent into His “harvest”).

“Keepers of the Faith” (#4)
Where are the faithful messengers?
They are, sadly, the faithful few;
Those who are willing to go beyond
What even they think they can do.
Before them is a harvest of souls,
People ripe to be saved;
How can they possibly touch them all?
The lost in a land depraved
Of morality, faith and love;
Replaced by lust and greed,
Their one hope is from above,
But who will bring them God’s decree?
We have the chance to change
The destiny of all;
But who among all we that believe
Will answer the mighty call?
The Church has seemingly gone away,
Yet not, at last, gone above;
We have, as John said of Ephesus,
Abandoned our first love.
So let us go to the Lord, and in His blood be cleansed,
And then we may, more ably, bring to Jesus our friends.