Evil
“Oh, Conscience!!!”
What mayhem we will see when conscience is broken, “Do ’right’ in your own eyes.” This mantra, now spoken. No restraining presence, like no brakes on a car, Plummeting down the hill, “It’s a thrill ride for all”??? A broken conscience, bad, but another step worse, When conscience becomes blind, we’ll live under that…
Good and Evil
Oh, if only it was all so plain. “We are the good, and they, the evil.” But evil rides on the human train, We’re neither angels nor the devil. Some evil lies in every heart. Prowls like a lion, ready to strike. “Let fly your arrow and hurl your dart!” Or “politely”, just a…
Sadness
Sadness stops you in the way. Is this what has to be? Sadness stuns you. Clouds turn gray. A fool’s paradise, we? Sadness loves to sing the blues. Soft notes, tears, an interlude. Is this the road that we did choose? Quiet, and disquietude.
“Deliver Us From Evil”
This week we look at the last petition in the Lord’s Prayer. Here are all seven petitions: • Petition #1: “Hallowed”: God’s honor • Petition #2: “Kingdom”: God’s rule • Petition #3: “Will”: God’s direction • Petition #4: “Bread”: Providing grace • Petition #5: “Forgive”: Pardoning grace • Petition #6: “Lead us”: Preventing grace •…