Think.
A simple word, the spark of a greater
thing. It leads me to speak,
but only after I have counted out the words
which I will use. And then to act,
for what is thought without an ultimate goal?
But what is my goal?
An end towards which I strive … I think.
But do I truly strive if I never act?
Can it be that I do nothing greater
than constantly spew out words
which have no meaning, every time I speak?
And when I speak,
I’m sure they do not guess that this could be my goal -
to impress the judges with my words.
Little do they think
that this is not much greater
than an act.
I don’t want to keep up this lonely act.
How I wish I could do something more than speak,
that I would push myself to something greater,
and find myself a better goal.
But instead I only think,
and sometimes put my thoughts into words.
Inside my head, there are so many words.
How much easier it is to talk than act,
and how much simpler to think
than to speak.
But God has given me a goal,
and I know he will give me strength to become greater.
In search of something greater,
by God’s grace, my words
will be used to further His own goal,
and lead me to commit the act
which I have been so eager to speak
about to others. Maybe now I’ve truly learned to think.
How much greater it is to act once I
have paused to think, and considered how the
words I speak will further God’s glorious goal.
By Magali Laporte
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