All these things are futile
All these things are futile
by Joel Howard
Mind on money
Hope in man
Fear of people
One-minded plan
Failed before
You had began
All these things are futile
Patience in the wrong things
Paying for sinful deeds
Asking out when you should be in
All these things are futile
Lifting eyes up in your pride
Washing just to clean the outside
Seeking lust, wealth and fame
All these things are futile
Pride o'er self
For self to die
Stealing things
With your eyes
With your eyes
Pushing speech
Instead of quiet
All these things are futile
Failing to admit a crime
Fearing truth, opting to hide
Listening to the same old lies
All these things are futile
Laziness instead of toil
Lewdness, purity spoiled
Giving what belongs to One
To all instead, all wrong ones
Laughing when your brother cries
Weeping when your sister thrives
Giving up all hope of life
All these things are futile
Lending and expecting back
Heaping weight on children's backs
Laziness unto lack
All these things are futile
Heated anger never cooled
Rushing in and out like fools
Stopping not to question rules
That may be inappropriate
Selling all we were made for
Leaving Christ outside your door
Though he knocks and does implore
All these things are futile
Resting in another's eyes
'Stead of finding rest in Thine
Idols made of wood and twine
All these things are futile
Weeping over fleeting things
'Thout clinging to greater things
Choosing hellish fiends as friends
All these things are futile
Pity o'er ones own past
Though the chance to heal's come at last
Failure to apply Christ's cross
All these things are futile
Stopping not once in a life
To admit the pain of strife
Grief ne're met, pain ne're sought
Never stopped for healing
Clinging to vices which won't help
Walking away from what will help
Running and misleading others as well
All these things are futile
