“Ponder Well” (1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Revelation 16:11-20; Matthew 24:1-14) [Sun Tzu chapter 8-7]
So “Ponder well” or “Meditate”;
“Consider well”, “Investigate”;
“Don’t lightly take” the subject here,
Until it comes to you quite clear.One bloke laid down his thoughts on this –
“In long-run, troops will get no bliss
From failure on the battlefield,
Or war prolonged, which these five yield”.It’s still not clear – translators view
These five as “Sins”, “Faults”, “Failings” too;
“Mistakes” one makes, or “Traits built in”;
Who knows? Who cares? They cannot win.Unless, of course, the other team
Is also cursed with harm, which means
A question of which flaw is worse,
If one could choose one’s favorite curse?They all agree calamity,
Disaster’s there for all to see;
Destruction’s great; commander dies;
And army’s crushed where leader lies.So which is worse? “Timidity”?
“Quick temper”? Or “Fragility”?
“Concern for men”? Or “Carelessness”?
Who’d lose to other team’s success?Such is the world of battlefield;
Incompetence will always yield
Results not wished for; but I hunch
The winner’s King – at home, for lunch.For Army’s just a group of folks
Conscripted, conned, to be the blokes
Who train, then bash each other’s brains
For Kings, who through this stay the same.There are no winners in a war,
That’s not what “Spring campaigns” are for –
Blood-letting is political;
Effects are quite ephemeral.Lord, satan’s having last laugh here;
To You, he’s not – that much is clear –
“So take the long view, daughters, sons;
In end I win – My war’s not done.Thanks Lord for this.
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