“sus buenas obras (Your Good Works)” (Mt. 5:16; Phil.4:8) [Spanish Jerusalem Bible Series - Matt.10 Sub-series]
“Shine, then your light”, the Good Book says,
Before mankind – not because it pays,
But that such folks who read your tome
Might have new light within their home –Or see their city lit by night;
That in their darkness they see light;
That hope might come to them as dawn,
When darkness and despair are gone.For then folks see the hand of God
As answered prayer, there on their sod –
Lights of the world right there and then
And to God’s acts, they cry, “Amen!” –And “Hallelujah! – Praises be!
To God above whom now I see;
sus buenas obras (your good works)
Bring light to world that’s gone berserk.To me, O Lord, Your word is clear –
“Get your good writing out of here;
Don’t let it gather dust on shelf,
Or be withheld through thoughts of self –“But rather let it shine, its way –
As candle, let its small light play
Into dark corners of some life;
Or city-like, light up the night.”I like that obras means so much –
Works by an agent’s skill or luck;
Work that endures like citadels;
Or works that ease some person’s hell.Whatever things are “Good” in-deed,
Just get them out as Spirit leads,
That folks might see through works you’ve wrought
The hand of God on road they walk.Thanks Lord for this.
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