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

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-beginning-of-wisdom-v4.html

(editing version 3)

after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

edited January 6, 2016

The Beginning of Wisdom – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-beginning-of-wisdom-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited July 21, 2014

The Beginning of Wisdom – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-beginning-of-wisdom-v2.html

July 1, 2006 7:50am

The Beginning of Wisdom

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/beginning-of-wisdom.html

Psalm 111:10

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