“Advice” [Reflections on Book: Wm.C.King (ed) Portraits and Principles of The World's Great Men And Women Chicago: The King-Richardson Co. 1899 - #39/100]
Advice on how to handle cash
Is found in “What to do with stash
Dumped on your doorstep suddenly” –
That’s best you’ll find that’s offered thee.He says it’s “Love”, and “Use”, and “Quest”
That twists one’s soul to hopelessness;
But then I wonder, “What else is
Perverter of a person’s biz?”Or, better yet, “What could one love
Or use, seek after, far above
All else in life, which would defect
The same result? Then, what the heck –It’s not the “Money”, “Wealth”, or “Stash”,
Which poses problems, lives can trash;
But rather, one’s activities
As based on one’s priorities.Lord, what I hear is, “Bide in Me,
For if you do; work totally
On My agenda (“Mud, not kid
Who’s stuck in it”), we’ll soon be rid –“Of problems he says always come
When one is dumped with massive sums” –
“Saul’s armor, “Too much power”, says,
“You’re playing God – back off today –“For power, wealth, God has in spades;
We don’t – so we’re from trouble saved
As we submit ourselves to You;
Leave those two things for You to do.Thanks Lord for this.
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