Poetry Pleases: If God Should Go On Strike
Linda Jane Robertson's poem reminds us of our place in the great order of the Earth, and the life upon it.
It’s just a good thing that God above
Has never gone on strike
Because he wasn’t treated fair,
Or things he didn’t like.
If he had 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 power supply,
And to the moon: give no more light
And run those oceans dry.
Then, just to make it really tough
And put the pressure on
Turn off the air and oxygen
Till every breath is gone.”
Do you know He would be justified
If fairness was the game?
For no-one has been more abused
Or treated with disdain
Than God – and yet he carries on
Supplying you and me
With all the favours of His grace
And everything for free!
Men say they want a better deal
And so on strike they go,
But what a deal we’ve given God
To 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!
© Linda Jane Robertson
