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Thursday, March 08, 2018

The Beginning of Wisdom – v4


In the Beginning, we were afraid
we knew our nakedness
biting into the flesh of the fruit
of the forbidden tree;
We were hiding from God, afraid;
we knew we had sinned.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
the psalmist wrote, oh so long ago;
We forget so often, so quickly,
forget God is a jealous God;
We forget our weakness without God,
that we have all sinned.

We walk in our own paths
each following our own false idols,
graven images and temporal pleasures;
So many opportunities of epiphany lost
in our delusion, our self-reliance,
mired in our own sin.

We must cleave to the Lord;
We must follow His commands
to love one another
to share in the Good News;
Listen, Hear His still voice
burning within you now.

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edited March 8, 2018
The Beginning of Wisdom – v4
(editing version 3)
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
edited January 6, 2016
The Beginning of Wisdom – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited July 21, 2014
The Beginning of Wisdom – v2
July 1, 2006 7:50am
The Beginning of Wisdom
Psalm 111:10

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