Somebody Else

“God wanted me to do something for Him,
I heard His call, but delayed;
Then He ceased pleading, for somebody else
Had heard that same call, and obeyed.
“Somebody else took the task meant for me,
Somebody else proved more true;
Somebody’s doing, with patience and love,
The task that God asked me to do.
“Somebody else won the prize meant for me,
Somebody else earned my crown;
Somebody’s doing the God-given task
That carelessly I had laid down.”