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Monday, September 21, 2020

The Futility of Poetry/Words Alone...



Better to walk than talk it 
For who we serve shines through 
And words will often mock it 
If they spar with what we do 

Better to live love’s token 
Than write them in a song 
Love that is simply spoken 
Is like a clanging gong 

Better to be a sermon 
Rather than just sit by 
For words can weave a poem 
But second miles don’t lie 

Better to serve God wholly 
With kind humility 
For all our boasts are lowly 
Compared to Calvary

Better to guard heart-lockets
Than paint a fine façade 
Better to walk than talk it
And leave the rest to God

Fear God; keep His commandments
This whole duty of man
Speaks louder through obedience
Than any fine speech can

© Janet Martin

Ecles.12:13-14 NKJV

 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter;

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

Luke 6:45
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, 
and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. 
For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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