We Know in Part

 

 

 

Oft we are set in our dogmas,

Oft not from the Word

But we hold to them the more

Even when we are stirred.

 

We admit we don’t know all

But we behave contrariwise

And to some we come over

As being the all wise.

 

Ours is basic knowledge,

Hopefully, fundamentally so

But when it comes to the future

We oft pretend to know.

 

Even yesterday’s news

Is a puzzlement to us,

So many different versions

Creating quite a fuss.

 

But we know about the future

As though it were yesterday

And become angry with others

That don’t see it our way.

 

 

Seeing through a glass darkly

Is the position of us all

And the future we argue over

Is not ours to call.

 

That’s in the hands of the Almighty

And so too are those

That trust Him implicitly

And walk in the way He shows.

 

That we know in part is enough

And a good place to be

To affirm our faith in Jesus

Until Him our eyes shall see.

 

Let’s encourage one another

And help where there is lack

And be lights for this dark world

Until Jesus comes back.

 

For now, we know in part

But then, face to face,

And of the doubts we have now

Then there won’t be a trace.

 

Stewart Russell © July 2020