by Kelly Pelton

Daughters of God, if the church-institutional
limits the ways you can teach, preach, or lead,
raise up your eyes to see the whole kingdom,
get out on the streets with the scriptures to feed

God's hope to the masses. He will give you courage
to speak without fear His true gospel story
to those who won't praise you, to those who dismiss you; 
your ministry brings only heavenly glory.

But glory there is, as the cloud of witnesses 
cheers on the daughters who do find a way,
not to gain affirmation from Christians in this world,
but beam to the darkness the Lord's new Day.

Resist the strong urge to pursue belonging; 
your citizenship's in the kingdom unseen.
Your giftings, used wisely, will bring in more people
who hope now in Jesus, upon Whom we lean.