Friday, December 15, 2017

Goodwill

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Helping others builds character
I trust that you can see
That giving assistance to someone
Builds character in you and me

No one that thinks only of self
Gets any further than himself
He is like a precious book unread
That remains upon the shelf

His friends he never trusts
Since he rarely knows them at all
And they are of little value to him
If they are not at his beck and call

Obsessed with self is blindness
Of all the beauty that’s around
It’s like a face though well formed
Misshapen by a frown

At odds with all the world
Because one doesn’t have it all
Is like digging the deepest hole
And then taking a headlong fall

But on the other hand
As we all reach out to others
In such is character building
Of a totally different matter

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There is a sense of wellbeing
Whenever we show we care
Not a smug selfish satisfaction
But joy at being able to share

It is like the goodwill operation
Of the sort we see at a certain time
How we wish it were all year through
This goodwill of the Christmas kind

It gives the world a different shape
And it hums a different tune
And even in the time of recession
There is still a giving boom

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It was the first Christmas message
Delivered at the Saviour’s birth
Glory to God in the Highest
And peace and good will on earth

It goes hand in hand with peace
Goodwill is what I mean
And when and wherever it’s exercised
There is always a peaceful scene

Its beginnings are in humility
Have a look at the nativity scene
Never ever does it commence
In the palaces of kings and queens

It reaches to the humblest person
And the high must be brought low
It breaks the trend of the darkness
When the goodwill light starts to show

A tear is replaced by a smile
Unless of course it’s a tear of joy
Even a misshapen self-bent face
Is changed when goodwill is deployed

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You would recall the famous Scrooge
A miserable, despicable humbug
Note the change that came over him
At the point of goodwill and love

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Zacchaeus was another character
Obsessed with only himself
But a dose of goodwill from Jesus
And he started distributing his wealth

Goodwill’s source is the Saviour
That gives in abundance to the world
Its acquisition and utility
Are to be found in the Holy Word

Make everyday like Christmas
With the goodwill deposited in you
Help to change the world around
From its topsy-turvy view


Stewart Russell © December 2017

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