The Missing Link...

What is that invisible Blight

That twists the logic of insight

And bends the rules of holiness

To satisfy material ‘yes’

What takes motives of Good Intent

And wreaks havoc with its dissent

What feeds the failure to discern

Objective’s ultimate return

And blinds perception’s acumen

With what seems credible, but then

When looking back we are surprised

At what it lacked when undisguised

What makes a man stoop to new lows

In a maelstrom of verbal blows

Where no one is better or worse

When it comes to that inborn curse

Because the plight of humankind

Is universally entwined

What makes mere mortal swagger-bold

While love for life’s Giver runs cold

What warps wisdom’s intelligence?

And strips the mind of common sense

Could it be lack of holy fear

For the God we ought to revere

© Janet Martin

Proverbs 1:7 

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,

 but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Psalm 111:10

 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;

 all who follow His precepts have a rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

Prov. 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, 

and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.