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I Ought

It’s easy to think “I Ought” is the end,

            the ultimate Christian ambition,

But ought wears thin at a quarter to ten,

            When you really want to go fishing.

“I should” sounds good, but it’s as dead as wood

            When it comes to doing what’s right.

For, the good that I could;

What my head knows I should,

            I usually don’t in a tight.

Somewhere in life, in all of our strife,

            there must come a noble transition

That turns fear into love and ought into want;

            This is the nobler condition.

For, if all our teaching just has us reaching

            for that which I should or ought.

I strongly surmise that we’ve closed our eyes

            to the real truths Jesus taught.

“I want” is the thing that gives life it’s zing,

            and puts our money where our mouth is;

That gives us direction; provides our correction,

            and keeps our feet where no doubt is.

So, when you would do a thing that you should,

            but know from your past that you won’t;

If you have faith as a grain.

You’ll find it’s no pain

            to do what you ought if you want. - by Jim Woodroof