It’s Amazing

 

It’s amazing how what’s important

Is not important anymore,

Has this ever struck you?

Had it entered your mind before?

You have set out your plans

And you have priortised,

Suddenly an emergency occurs

And you are de-energised.

Everything suddenly flat-lines

And prior priorities are relegated,

They are not important anymore

And relatively unrelated.

A case in point is a recent event

That just threw everything askew,

We were planning towards Christmas

Christmas was in everyone’s view.

Unexpectedly there was a death

A death we thought would be averted,

After a promising turn around

Then of the death we were alerted.

All of a sudden our Christmas plans

Were not important any more

For the passing of our beloved one

Grieved and vexed our spirits sore.

Many were the puzzling questions

And the “what if we had done so and so”

But “what if” are only afterthoughts

Which come with the emotional blow.

The Christmas lights are not as bright

The appetite is pretty slack,

We would change every single plan

If only we could have our loved one back.

It is surreal to say the least

Has he really gone for a truth?

Christmas will not be the same this year

And that forms part of the proof.

  

Sometimes it smacks of a set up

But God is not a conman,

Though it’s difficult to understand

God is getting on with His plan.

His is primary; ours is secondary

And not nearly quite as important,

His ways and thoughts are past finding out

And ours are relatively insignificant.

In time to come we will understand

But for now we must commit to trust

And thank God for Michael Clarke

And the legacy he leaves with us.

Stewart Russell © December 19, 2018

At: 5:21 p.m.