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Hardened


Isaiah 63:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

17 O Lord, why have You made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.

 

 

Conscience's wonder

 

This is what we're going to be on top of the working " fleet "

better than the Japanese, the German, Swiss and Swede.

Or any nation on the globe that competes with you and me.

To do that so ... we have to be willing and concede.

 

To comfort of the Chinese labor force or the Russians in their lot

are not some folks in India ....who put their children on the " block ".

or the ones in Siberia ... where labor is mostly free

that really is " world-class " ... their bottom-line looks neat.

 

Is it strange that because of change ... some resist with lots of hate?

They drop nerve-gas in places where the work-force is in haste

Or in towns where folks get along ... but car bombs make deep holes

as always it seems that who gets hurt ... are they without control.

 

They are part of a dreamless herd that is moving along a trail of tears

to a destiny where all hope is gone ... in the realm of sense-less fear.

Where no-one really gets along ... where distrust and hatred rules

like all throughout history ... the syndrome of death forces through.

 

Jan Wienen

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