God’s Rebuke

Do you have any right to rebuke my people?
From where I stand, you do the very same.
I called you, but you called to the world.
I looked on you, but you looked to the world.
I held on to you, but you held on to the world.
What will you do?
If I cast you off, could you blame me?
If I hated you, could you tell me not to?
You foolish one,
loving you and holding you close is so hard for me,
and you do this even after being loved?
Calling you my child is so hard for me,
so why, even when I have taken hold of you, do you do this?
Do not do this,
or I will let you go, or I will hate you.
Do not do this.
How many there are who cling to me
and plead for my love,
and when I love you, how can you be proud?
Repent.
Repent.
You must repent as much as I love you.
Do you think there is time?
Do you think you have time?
Do you think you have time?
How much time do you have left?
I have grown weary of watching you; what will you do now?
My beloved, why do you look to the world?
My beloved, why do you not listen to my voice?
My heart aches, my heart aches,
and I cannot show you all of it; what will you do?
What will you do now?
Why do you not consider my heart,
why do you not look at my tears,
why do you not take the hand I have held out to you?
Take hold of me, and let us walk together.