A Thought

Some thoughts are so fleeting

And sometimes are gone so fast

That if we had to recount them

It would be an impossible task.

Try tracing a thought

From its inception to its end:

Even to contemplate this

It is difficult to comprehend.

Though we often think

We seldom analyze our thoughts

And the times we do

We’re either excited or distraught.

A thought is sometimes referred to

As a brilliant idea

Though just as often too

It can run the other way.

A thought may be sinister

Or it may be saintly like,

Of course the former is darkness

While the latter is light.

Thoughts are linked to our senses

They are received in five ways,

They are reflected in our actions

As we live out our days.

Some thoughts are bothersome

And load us down with care:

These we wish we could forget

But they don’t easily disappear.

Some thoughts make us happy

These are the desired experience

But unlike the other thoughts

They are not as intense.

Enough about thoughts though,

Let me concentrate on just one:

It will take just a few more verses

And then I will be gone.

When is the last time

You thought about your soul?

Can you trace it from its inception

Regarding the word you were told?

Please don’t dismiss that thought

Unceremoniously

For it bears a direct link

That speaks to your destiny.

For certainly that is a thought

That has eternal repercussions,

To ignore this particular thought

Is to court eternal damnation.

I know this sounds harsh

 And perhaps a little absurd

But you can verify it

If you search in God’s Word.

This thought comes from God

You are fortunate to have received it,

Make the best of your opportunity

Don’t resist the Holy Spirit.

Stewart Russell © October 2018