EVERYBODY, ANYBODY, SOMEBODY & NOBODY by Charles Osgood

There was a most important job that needed to be done,
And no reason NOT to do it, there was absolutely none.
But in vital matters such as this, the thing you need to know,
Is WHO exactly will it be who'll carry OUT the task.
Anybody could have told you that EVERYBODY knew
That this was something SOMEBODY would surely have to do,
Nobody was unwilling, Anybody had the ability,

But NOBODY believed that it was his responsibility.
It seemed to be a job that ANYBODY could have done,
If Anybody thought he was supposed to be the one,
But since Everybody recognized that Anybody could,
Everybody took for granted that Somebody would.
But Nobody told Anybody that we are aware of
That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of,
And Nobody took it on himself to follow through
And DO what Everybody thought that Somebody would do.
When what Everybody needed so, did not get done at all,
Everybody was complaining that Somebody dropped the ball.v Anybody then could see it was an awful crying shame,
And Everybody looked around for Somebody to blame.
Somebody should have done the job and Everybody would have,
But in the end Nobody did what Anybody could have.
Are you a SOMEBODY, a EVERYBODY, a ANYBODY or a NOBODY? In Matthew 28 Jesus Christ gave to everybody the "Great Commission". Not just to Pastors and Evalgilists(sp).
What are you doing to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Ok I know, it's not really a joke, but, I am entitled to throw in a zinger every once in a while.

Originally published November 14, 2002.