Life is Poetry Waiting To Be Tasted-Day 13 (write a luck poem)

PAD/poem-a-day Chapbook Challenge-Day 13-

For today’s prompt, write a luck poem.

Ps.118:8

It is better to trust in the LORD 

Than to put confidence in man.

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If luck were life's best fortune what cold comfort it would be

To cross our fingers in a leap of serendipity 

To wish upon a star as if the stars could do a thing

 And humankind were nothing but Fate's puppets on a string 

If we were at the mercy of nothing but random chance 

What merit then, goodness and love and all blessing God grants

If faith and hope were pawns, by Luck's cunning sleight of hand set 

And life was but a gamble of celestial roulette

If luck replaced God's sovereignty, life would be hell on earth

And love would be a god unto itself, lacking true worth

A rabbit's foot or clover leaf could well fortify/satisfy fools 

If we were Fate's mean, magic trick of mystic molecules

But we are at the kind mercy of God, able to keep

Far better He than some baseless, serendipitous leap

Far better than a lucky charm is He who knows our needs

And in spite of what some may say, His goodness intercedes 

Janet Martin

Faith and Fate are polar opposites;

one believes in the sovereignty of God,

the other in poor, pathetic, powerless Luck

Faith conquers fear,

Fate fosters fear

Faith seeks/trusts God

Fate seeks/serves self 

Faith finds peace for the soul

Fate is a wanderer without hope's glad Goal

Faith is founded on the Rock of salvation

Fate flounders in a sea of uncertainties

Luck leaves hearts disillusioned.

Blessing keeps hearts thankful!

Jude 24-25

Now to Him who is able to keep [a]you from stumbling,

And to present you faultless

Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

 To [b]God our Savior,

[c]Who alone is wise,

Be glory and majesty,

Dominion and [d]power,

Both now and forever.

Amen.

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