Poems by
Miryam Masih Nahar

Appointment made in Heaven

a poem by Miryam Masih Nahar

All marriages are made in Heaven,
Biblical principles accepting.

“What do you mean, ‘Made in Heaven’?”

That thing Malachi calls covenant you see.

“And what do you mean all marriages!”

That thing Malachi calls covenant you see.

“What, even after adultery and abuse.
What would be the use?”

Well it’s just that thing called covenant you see,
Nothing else.

So you married the one you loved,
You forgot to ask God
And in the ceremony with the ‘wrong one’ you walked.

Well…
Is God bothered.

And were you bothered.

God wants in on your marriage,
A marriage made by covenant
From the moment you took your vows
And before…
An appointment in Heaven arranged
Predestiny with free will explained
A marriage that is made in Heaven.

Because don’t you know,
God sees the end from the beginning
Your choices and your indecisions,
No excuse, I know

Any case…
Is God bothered.

And…
Are you bothered.

Don’t forget Malachi,
God’s so good at turning things round.
It’s kind of linked to the blood of Jesus,
And it’s kind of linked to repentance.

God wants in on your marriage
A marriage made by covenant
From the moment you took your vows
And before…
An appointment in Heaven arranged
Predestiny with free will explained.
A marriage that is made in Heaven.

So you remembered to ask Father God,
You listened to His voice,
And in the ceremony with the ‘right one’ you walked.
So you boast a little here…
You boast a little there…

Is God Bothered.

And…
Are you bothered.

And guess what…
Am I bothered.

God wants in on your marriage
A marriage made by covenant
From the moment you took your vows,
And before…
An appointment in Heaven arranged
Predestiny with free will explained
A marriage that is made in Heaven.

And you who did not care
You thought that God was not there
And that He never even existed,
You somehow married ‘God’s appointed’.
You both somehow did as God wanted.
You boast a little here,
You boast a little there…

Well…
Am I bothered.

And…
Is God Bothered.

And…
Are you bothered.

And, guess what…
Am I bothered.

God wants in your marriage
A marriage made by covenant
From the moment you took your vows
And before…
An appointment in Heaven arranged
Predestiny with free will explained
A marriage that is made in Heaven.

And you who thoroughly flunked it.
You really didn’t care.
You thought that God was not there
And never even existed.
And in the ceremony
With the ‘wrong one’ you walked.

Well…
Is God bothered.

And…
Are you bothered.

And guess what…
Am I bothered.

God wants in on your marriage
A marriage made by covenant
From the moment you took your vows,
And before…
An appointment in Heaven arranged
Predestiny with free will explained
A marriage that is made in Heaven.

And so you married the ‘wrong one’
If it were ever possible.
And you married the ‘right one’
If that were ever not possible.

Am I bothered.

Footnote:
Thanks to British comedy for the phrase
‘Am I bothered’.