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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 5/29/2002 1:40 AM (GMT -6) |   | (I've been reading some good poetry.)
-from To his own Soul, by St. Gregory Nazianzus
You have a job to do, soul, and a great one, if you like"
examine yourself, what it is you are and how you act,
where you come from, and where you're going to end,
and whether to live is this very life you're living, or something else besides.
You have a job to do, soul; by these things cleanse your life.
Make me to know God and God's mysteries.
What was there before this universe, and why is this universe here for you?
Where has it come from, and where is it going?
You have a job to do, soul, by these cleanse your life,
How does God guide and turn the universe: or why are some things permanent, while other things flow away,
and us especially, in this changing life?
You have a job to do, soul; look to God alone.
What was my former glory, what is this present arrogance?
What will be my crown, and what the end of my life?
Of these things inform me, and check the mind from wandering.
A job you have to do, soul; lest you suffer in deep trouble.
Edited by - PotOnWheel on 05/29/2002 06:42:54 AM | | Back to Top | | |
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