Tune: Heinlein
('40 days and 40 nights')
James 4 v.1-4
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From whence come conflicts, fightings?
Among humans, different things?
Do they not come from desires
For pleasure, stirred in you fires?
You desire, lust, yet have not
Things you want, for greed your lot
You have not, for you not ask
Rightly, but spend on wrong task
So you receive not, for you
Ask that you may selfish do
What you please and be consumed
With what you want, you presumed
It is like adultery
When you thus so worldly be
Friendship with the world is sure
Enmity with God, impure
Whosoever will be friend
Of the world, on it depend
They do make self enemy
Of God, this their state truly
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: March 7th, 2024 03:27
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem with Lent theme in 7.7.7.7. I feel it goes a long way towards explaining the conflicts and fightings in the world, and even within ourselves. We don't always receive what we WANT, but will surely receive what we NEED. James seems to say here that the world peace is not going to come instantly, as if by magic, as it's made up of human beings, so described here.
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Comments4
Lust is a big problem not only morally but practically. It never ends well. Good write Orchi
Thanks SB. KP has swoony sort of lust! lol.
this is seemingly filled with subliminal messages of a swooning nature ..
Thanks N. I knew I might swoon, when 'lust' entered into this poem!
You do well to remind us my friend, we require a good shake up. A fine write Orchi!
Thanks Bella. James gives plain speaking - You adulterers! But not only the swoony sort. Ooh!
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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