Inspired by Aunt Gwen 1

 

“Waste Not Want Not.”

“I must not throw upon the ground

The bread I cannot eat,

For many a hungry little one

Would think it quite a treat.”

 

Waste Not Want Not

Is particularly worthy of note

For I dare say in this modern age

We are on a slippery slope.

 

Waste Not Want Not

Considering the needy around us,

Twelve baskets full were collected

In that miracle of Jesus.

 

Waste Not Want Not

Is a lesson that Jesus taught

When he fed over five thousand,

In the miracle he wrought.

 

He did it a second time,

By now we should have learned

That waste not want not

Is a lesson we should not spurn.

 

Waste Not Want Not

 

“I must not throw upon the ground

The bread I cannot eat,

For many a hungry little one

Would think it quite a treat.”

 

The words in bold are not my own,

For these I take no credit

But the worth expressed in such a thought

Is of tremendous merit.

 

And similarly, to you I hope

When you are tempted to waste,

You would think of someone in dire need

And minister to him with haste.

 

Stewart Russell © March 2, 2021