Whispers
Psalm 103:13-14 New English Translation (NET Bible)
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.
14 For he knows what we are made of;
he realizes we are made of clay.
Philippians 2:3 New English Translation (NET Bible)
3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity,
each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
Whispers
Subjects come and seem to stay
In disarray and confusing thought
Scattered everywhere around
In mismarked rooms within my mind
Somewhere someone had to pay
As in the past, indeed, I was bought
Before I disappeared into the ground
Along with losers of every kind
I was named somewhere in the past
Not so labeled, I understand
Just a way to be recognized by others
Since there are so many like me here
A name that surely won’t be the last
As many with me walk hand in hand
To be placed where few seem to bother
About me and mine and my peers
I am known by very few
And that seems, for me, sufficient
The more I fade into the background
The better it looks to help survive
Lost in some back row pew
I hunger to be content and proficient
For the call with a gentle sound
That comes my way in daily life
Jan Wienen
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