I met a man who claimed he went meatless
While holding some ham in his hand.
Confused I asked him to explain,
Because I simply didn't understand.
"It is such a small proportion of time
When considered in the backdrop of life
That I really don't regard it as important at all
If meat daily goes under my knife."
"I quickly repent - vegetarian again
I've spent most of my life that way.
Tell me you don't do that with sinning,
And I'll shut up and go away."
Needless to say we talked for hours
We never did quite agree
He may not be vegetarian
But I'm a much greater sinner than he.
I'll keep on trying whenever I fall
supported and held up by grace
It doesn't matter how far down the road you have come
But only the direction you face.
