Family Prescription

Alphonso Ivy Jr.                                             

                                                 Family Prescription

When God made the world

   

There was purpose in mind

He desired a friend

He created mankind

He wanted fellowship

From a heart like his own

He created us in his image

To never be alone

We’ll have one another

‘Till the end of all time

The very first family

Was God and mankind

We are to sacrifice

To love and to live

To laugh to joke

 To hug and forgive

Love hope and faith

The epicenter of all

Truth mercy and grace

With that, who can fall?

If I wanted to be rich

I’d watch a millionaire

If I wanted good health

I’d seek a doctor’s care

If I desire to know

How a real family works

I look at the father

And what he did first

He created he gave

He protected he saved

He loved his family

In infinite ways

We have our example

Of just what to do

We build our foundation

With the first rock we knew

There can be no re-union

Without first having union

No point in fellowshipping

Without intimate communion

We must bond as one

With endless communication

And fortify the ties with

The next generation

Let us always keep

That family fire burning

Keep on loving one another

‘till the world stops turning.