Winning

 

 

For many in this current era,

Winning is just about all

And how elated these people are

When their lotto numbers are called!

 

Yes, the current vibe is winning!

Winning the competition!

Especially around Christmas time

It is an addictive tradition.

 

We just bought a new bed

And Courts gave us a lot of forms,

I must tell you the wife fill them all out

Though this is not our norm.

 

Yes, we also caught the bug

And we are hoping that we win,

Though for us winning is not everything,

We hope we win something.

 

 

Some are so bent on winning

They often win less than they lose

But they are so hooked and addicted

That they just cannot refuse.

 

Even in a simple little argument

Some people will argue all day long,

And given their bent on winning

It is unnecessarily prolonged.

 

Life seems to be about winning!

For students it’s a scholarship

And some will burn the midnight oil

To ensure they get the pick.

 

“You are moving with a winner!”

You may have seen this in an Ad

And businesses are bold to promote it

Even though their service is bad.

 

 

There are some churches

That talk a lot about breakthrough,

You simply give a tithe or sow a seed

And winning is what you do.

 

It is the primitive behavior

Which is the survival of the fittest!

If they are only ten that can make it

Then “I” must be on that list.

 

Very little thought is given, though,

To consider beyond our time

And eternal matters are overlooked

With winning on our mind.

 

The victory that Jesus wrought

On the cross at Calvary

Is considered less critically important

Than the daily lottery.

 

For occupying the human mind

Is winning on the whole,

And his sole occupation is winning

Even at the risk of his own soul.

 

But what does it profit him

If he should win the entire world

And in such an event

Lose his own soul?

 

Stewart Russell © December 7, 2022