God's House Is Not A Coffee Shop

God’s House is not a coffee shop;
    'Tis to be a place of prayer.
    'Tis not a place where we come to eat
    But the Bread of Life to share.

    'Tis not a place to spend our time
    With a well-filled coffee cup,
    But to drink Life's Water from the heavenly spring
    And at God's Table sup.

    God's House is not a coffee shop
    Where silly women prattle
    But where the saints of God are trained
    And then sent forth to battle.

    So if it's coffee that you crave
    And mortal food to eat,
    Have it at home before you come
    To the house where God's saints meet,

    For God's House is not a coffee shop,
    In case you have not heard,
    But a place where the saints of God are fed
    The pure meat of God's Word.


September 28, 1994



    Copyright © 1994 by A. Franklin Staples