Muses 5

The old Geek has paused from his day;

he prepares for sleep. Goodness has filled his day accented by learning.

Rain fall on Earth is good.

A blessing for the whole neighborhood. 

It doesn't fall on those deserving.

It falls on all, life preserving.

In ancient times God created man.

Man; a child trying to understand,

God in measure much too grand,

for man's own reason to comprehend.

Evil is sufficient;

it has said,

There is no God;

God is dead.

Millennia passed;

memories don't last.

Reason and logic each demand;

Where's the evidence of God's hand?

Then man's science saw God's acts,

Only in spirit,

that's a fact!

Energy man has called it.

Its all pervasive,

has always been; doesn't end,

and all things it creates,

through the ages

small and great,

all things it permeates.

God is in control.

Nothing controls God.

Create in your heart

a place apart.

The which you reserve,

as a holy place to preserve,

that no assault, trouble or trial can ever defile.

Therein place and keep

your soul's update key.

On a daily basis plant seeds of goodness.

This do especially when things are rough.

The harvest you reap will be your own.

On every opportunity deposit goodness and grace in the account of your relationships with others.

In this way you'll have enough to weather any storm or drought.

Your good seeds will find you out.

Everyone who attained greatness has also sacrificed greatly.

There are those who know theirs is a call to greatness,

But they resist that call, some even run from it.

I call this Jonah Syndrome.

Much of the pain and tribulation in the world is caused by the large numbers of people who are suffering from Jonah Syndrome.

Think only on those things that you count as blessings.

You are granted a few days of life.  Spending those days thinking on anger, discouragement, sadness and fear is wasteful.

Thinking is praying.

Praying is thinking while being aware that thoughts present themselves before God. 

Worship is time spent thinking about things you think are greater than yourself.

Being joyful is a choice;

a decision,

an act of will.

To be happy in life it doesn't require a change in circumstances;

it requires a decision to be happy.

Forgiving is like clicking undo.

Sometimes you have to undo several times before you reach the point where the error began.

The lyricist writes the words and music,

They denigrate the women and degrade the men,

They are no different than the slavers of old,

The sell their own people’s souls,

And the people of the other land buy them to assure,

That in their slavery they will stand.