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Is it possible to get bored in paradise
To get fed up with happiness
To say of fun it is too much
Of joy! It is tedious
Of love! I want none of it
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To have too much privilege
Too much of a good name
To desire less recognition
And a taste of being a commoner
To agonize over privilege
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It sounds crazy to imagine this
But we all look down on what is familiar
We look down on what we readily have
We despise love and joy craving more
We get too familiar with God’s blessings
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Think about the day we met the Lord
Think of the joy of first hearing the good news
Of the privilege to finally understand the true Gospel
And yet looking back we easily get familiar
We look down on what others died for
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Save us Lord from the agony of familiarity
Teach our hearts to love the familiar Gospel
To see the riches of the same message over and over again
To look into the same pot and be awed by your word
Save us from ourselves and save us every day
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A life in time to Preach 