THINK ON THESE THINGS-poem [Philippians 4:8] [T, 2-23-21]

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter

THINK ON THESE THINGS-poem [Philippians 4:8] [T, 2-23-21]

 

It is with difficulty

that I think on these things

the things our old friend,

Paul, declared were worthy

of our minds

Whatever is true

Whatever is noble

Whatever is pure

Whatever is lovely

Whatever is admirable

Whatever is praise-worthy

Think on these things

he told us

But the world is filled

with demons and devils

falsehood, baseness

adultery, ugliness

all the things so deplorable

So present

Always with us

Blaring at us in voices

both real and synthesized

Our brains and souls are

full to spilling over

with what is sinful

corrupt, unholy

boring

It is only through amazing grace

that I can “think on these things…”

 

John Robert McFarland