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When you really understand something,It makes more sense—Like how some of the stuff you only Thought you understood before didn’t—Except that this is the opposite of that.

It was said that He was a good man,And then it was said thatEverybody liked him.And it was at that pointThat I knew thatAt least one of these thingsMust be false,For even Jesus—As good as he was—Was despised and Rejected … Continue reading →

Wonder is the telltale signThat a heart cares aboutWhat it does not know.

When he wrote proverbs, not only did heHave the form down quite nicely,But he never held back as others mightWhen finding it difficult to put a finger On the actual truth of a matter.

The story can feed the active mind,Whether heard or read—And whether it really happened or not.

This is an interesting question that’s not very well addressed in the Bible. I don’t intend to expound on the question here, but merely to mention those passages in the various writings that might seem to address this question. As … Continue reading →

It may burst your bubble to come too nearTo this prickly truth I’m about to tell you, friend,But I am under no obligation to becomeA conspirator in your self-deceit.

It had been the simplest of commands—You can eat all this, but not that.

He has no food,And yet he is not hungry,For he has learned to liveWithout feeding his mind.

Somewhere on the journey to mastery,One starts to realize that even thoughHe doesn’t know everything yet, so much of What he sees in this world can be fixed—And that he knows how to fix some of it.