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While the world suffers ...
how can i smile
when i know others are hurting
even just for a while
their hardship i'm skirting
the orphans and hungry
whose pain seems no end
the kids in the army
who just can't pretend
many people don't help them
they just lay in their pools
stare at their diamonds
and gossip with fools
movie stars
rock stars
sports stars
and porn stars
even when dead
the attentions and money
to them goes instead
while the girls get their clits cut
and babies get raped
women get beat up
and cannot escape
the churches build gardens
though the widows can't breathe
their hearts hardened
can't conceive and won't grieve
how can we be happy
when we know there is pain
while the lonely are aching
in the place for insane
when one morsel i eat
like that of a glutton
the starving i cheat
at the push of a button
when i sleep in my bed
in the comforts of home
no pillow for their head
cuz the homeless just roam
while i walk on the beach
and breathe in the air
the others who preached
are in jail cuz they dared
how can i laugh
while children are crying
no water for their bath
and their country is trying
when anything's wrong
how can i be glad
and distance myself
from the ones who are sad
it just cannot be
my mind's in the dark
the answer in me
by God must be sparked
if i sink in the sand
from my heavy heart
there will be no band
to help music start
so i think of the ones
who already give
and pray for the others
who just wish to live
but with more good than evil
i can still rejoice
even in battle
while i have a voice
so i rejoice for the good
in the hearts that do care
the ones in servanthood
who are helping there
and while biding our time
with all who despair
know for makers of crime
to Hell they are heir
and when God says enough
for the victims they slay
to Heaven He takes them
He takes them away
and yet i still mourned
and feeling ill
i cried out to the Lord
cuz i still felt the chill
In His great loving care
He said, "Psalm 37"
and after reading it there
I know 'twas His voice from Heaven
for I didn't know beforehand
what words I would see
but here He is again
speaking to me
as always
comforted and humbled
the Most High He is
even in the wild jungle
in His wisdom
and truth
and intimate love
from the days of my youth
'til I see Him above
all power in the universe
at His command
yet He scoops me up like a wilted flower
and saves my life again
i am in deepest awe of Him
there is none other
and yet He loves despite our sin
our dear and loyal father
and the white flower petal
i lost in my Bible
that touched the coffin of a great spirit friend
though I shook by Bible in my search of it
i could not find it again
it did not fall out
and i had my doubts
but alas i found it on Psalm 37
Psalm 37
Of David.
1 Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For evil men will be cut off,
but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy great peace.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
16 Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But the wicked will perish:
The LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
they will vanish—vanish like smoke.
21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;
22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses will be cut off.
23 If the LORD delights in a man's way,
he makes his steps firm;
24 though he stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
25 I was young and now I am old,
yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.
26 They are always generous and lend freely;
their children will be blessed.
27 Turn from evil and do good;
then you will dwell in the land forever.
28 For the LORD loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
They will be protected forever,
but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;
29 the righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks what is just.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
his feet do not slip.
32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
seeking their very lives;
33 but the LORD will not leave them in their power
or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
34 Wait for the LORD
and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.
37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright;
there is a future for the man of peace.
38 But all sinners will be destroyed;
the future of the wicked will be cut off.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
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