Why Marvin Was Starvin’

Written for all the starvin' Marvins in my life.

Why Marvin Was Starvin’

And Marvin was starvin’ -

       so poor and needy.

But thought perhaps

       he was too greedy.

Didn’t know the

       ways of God.

When he heard

       he thought it odd.

Good news settled

       into his heart.

Now he knew what

       was his part.

Down to floor

       on bended knee.

Accept God’s Son

       to be set free.

The odd of God

       can make you wonder.

Could it be error

       or divine blunder?

Why would God stand

       at the right hand

Of such a poor

       and needy man?

Really his heart

       didn’t doubt.

Just had to ask

       and vent and spout.

As life went on

       God answered queries.

Built his faith, and

       ironed out worries.

God would mold

       his faith foundation.

For God’s name

       and reputation.

God saw fit to

      shape and carve.

The work of art

       He saw in Marv.

God would reshape

       Marvin’s heart.

Expand his heart

       for Godly lovin’.

Then He’d throw

       him into the oven.

Funny thing

       about this Marvin,

Valued baking time

       in oven.

Marvin saw his dross

       burn right off.

Not so bad

       altho’ it was tough.

 Now this Marvin loved to

       watch things burnin’.

This became a

       sort of yearnin’.

In a healthy

       kinda’ way,

He loved watchin’

       glaze on clay

Knew that beauty

       came from ashes.

Great insulatin’

       for life’s clashes.

Another odd

       in things of God,

How one could yearn

       so much to burn,

And be a torch

       without a scorch,

Between the altar

       and the porch.

 —— Tony Mujica © 2011