To Mortal Intellectuals of Varying Degrees...

PAD Challenge day 5: For today’s prompt, write an intelligence poem.

 Thus says the LORD, 

 "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, 

and let not the mighty man boast of his might, 

 let not a rich man boast of his riches;  

but let him who boasts boast of this, 

that he understands and knows Me, 

that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, 

justice and righteousness on earth; 

for I delight in these things," 

declares the LORD.…

Jer.9:23-24 

Before one biased breath boasts about Self’s ‘noteworthy’ show

Before one thought brags about strength in a weak moment, oh

Before the truth is proven of how much we really know

It behooves us to reckon the kind grace whereby we go

Before we claim the honor or the ownership of gifts

Look up to where a breath of air the breadth of heaven shifts

And recognize Who paints the skies and downcast eyes uplifts

And grounds us on the dirt that sings with miracles of His

© Janet Martin