First there is a thought and with it a word
and that creates feelings
which may incite questions
and someone opines and supposes an answer
talking and listening and doubt and speculation
Gathering reason from personal history
cultures and peoples, events through the ages
We learn to use words to our greatest advantage
When to voice them as well as refrain
Speaking can kill us and silence exalt us
Wisdom is in the decision we make
There must be a standard not made by men
For every age to abide
There must be a truth that never has changed
Or else everything becomes a lie
The scriptures, first written on linen and papyrus
Has endured through centuries past
Many have tried to abolish it’s credence
Only to discover its strength unsurpassed
To speak is a gift so often taken for granted
We know not the power we possess
We can soothe or devour as our words unleash power
They are used to damn or to bless
The words first spoken brought light into dark
And substance filled up the void
Then man with his will took hold of the rein
And all of his senses employed
And simple and true became misconstrued
The true word lost in the meld
But none could defeat and none could undo
What those first words spoken had held
For light in the darkness again ushered forth
This time the Word became flesh
To redeem what was lost and buy back his own
Knowing we’d made such a mess
As life’s situations grow more complex
As answers are harder to find
Maybe we could sit still long enough to consider
It’s our senses and choices that often make us blind
And consider the first word God spoke as is written
“Let there be light” and there was
That His will all along is that there never be darkness
And the Word and light are one.
I enjoyed reading this poem and as a Christian I feel she is deeply moved by the Word and has passed this along to the reader.
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You are doing nice work Mary! 🙂
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