I was reacquainted recently with an old song. Made popular (sort of) by Bobby Bare in the 70’s, this ditty, while irreverent, contains some solid gold theological nuggets. Written by Paul Craft (Broken Lady, Hank Williams You Wrote My Life, and one of my favorites, Keep Me From Blowing Away), this comes from Drop Kick Me Jesus (Through the Goalpost of Life):
Make me, oh, make me Lord, more than I am.
Make me a piece in your master game plan
Free from the earthly temptations below
I got the will Lord, if you got the toe
I just have to offer up the ball (me) and be available, but I often play the role of Lucy in Peanuts, pulling the ball away just as God’s toe is on the backswing.
And if you don’t otherwise know the song, the chorus goes:
Drop kick me Jesus, through the goalpost of life
End over end, neither left nor the right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus, through the goalpost of life
It occurs to me... 