"No Reason For Living"

“No reason for living
when you lie dying,
trying to pray to God
who cannot hear you.”

A memory in my mind
hearing my dad cry it;
falling off his tractor
from the heart attack,

cursing God’s ground;
too barren to plant
seeds in the sand
that would not grow.

My mother calling for help
from our doctor Graham!
“Sorry I’m on another call;
heading back tomorrow.”

In fear, I ran to our preacher
my Sunday school teacher;
that he may be with my Dad
comforting him to pray alone.

My father on his knees
confessing his sinfulness;
staying sober to love us
with a new joy in his heart.

The real reason for living
day by day in faithfulness;
with prayers to Jesus!
“O that I may die in faith,

for my wife to know I love her!
The Angel that God sent me,
and my son, who I scorned;
being the reason why I'm saved."