I watched the news today
and heard the world spinning round.
I did my work today
and put my shoulder to the ground.
I earned and spent and
kept the world going round.
But in my mind,
as work ground me into the ground—
my thoughts kept spinning,
round and round:
leaving me with little sense
of what’s up and what’s down.
Like a botox injection
to the inner man,
our worldly lives
living worldly plans.
Hearts paralyzed by fear and debt
with no recourse but to worry and to fret.
There is an antidote to
worldliness however,
an inoculation given
by Christ our deliverer.
Nursing us back
to wholeness,
with the medicine
of blessedness.
By faith and hope
within our hearts
we forge a union
that love imparts.
Our thoughts may swirl
like an epic tornado
but a peace will rise up
as a conquering hero.
We think we are alone
in this world,
yet in our hearts
we will find that pearl—
the one for which we
sell all we possess,
to live in peaceful
holiness.
~FS
Prayerful Life 