Being prepared
Lamentations 4:2 New English Translation
2 The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold—
Alas!—but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
Romans 10:4
New English Translation
4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
Being prepared in and for a lifetime
If I am a vessel of emptiness at the moment of my birth
And the “fall” is lingering on in the substance of mankind
Within the human structure, there still remains great worth
For the newborn in every creed and that is quick to find
My emptiness gets filled somehow by the environment it begins
The love of Mom and Dad and of the other available relatives
Then by friends, church, and the schools and town, I’m living in
If I achieve about above average, my growth seems then relative
The foundation is simply based by one stone and then another
Experiencing love, hate, and indifference develop at different rates
Maybe in the span of time of things, there may be one real difference
Is in the matter of spiritual growth and that’s where I’m really raised
Jan Wienen