My occupation

My occupation

Joel Howard

My job

my occupation

post-salvation

is giving praise and

giving thanks

all my days

for all the ways

God has made

Me glad

I must

Like David

publicly rejoice

These songs

are not irrelevant

They are the thing I get

to do

It's my part

The trumpet

of Jericho's fall

The sound 

of David's call

Joel's alarm

Daniel's interpretation

Jonah's call

To Nineveh-nation

God's call 

to all creation:

This stone

Makes most trip

But it happens to be

My only grip

The ground

on which I sit

God lifted me up

out of the pit

How can I 

be quiet?

Like Jeremiah

I got fire

up in my bones

Like Isaiah

I've been 

touched by coal

If you're like me

You know

Leaving all behind

I go

If He's calling you too

Well now you know

You got to go