choices ... selfishness

Proverbs 1:20-21        New English Translation

Warning against Disregarding Wisdom

20 Wisdom calls out in the street,

she shouts loudly in the plazas;

21 at the head of the noisy streets, she calls,

in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Choices ... selfishness

The louder our own voices the more noise interferes

Even from some pulpits, the world seems to scramble on

If only the voice of wisdom that whispers from the corner

On life’s path intersections were paid attention too by some

Filled with excuses, my eyes stare at and focus on my goals

Nothing can draw our attention away from what I think I need

Just look at my prosperity and success I call my very own

How can I doubt in what I see, for the Lord rewards my pleas?

What you see is what you get. Well isn’t that the perfect leaven?

Won’t I carry that with me into “my” Eternal destination?

To become exactly in what you see, isn’t that placed called Heaven?

Won’t that be the perfect to be or not to be, because of Salvation?

Jan Wienen