A Compendium of Problems

 

 

Life is really a problem

With many a problem involved

Hence, we must be problem solvers

If we must get life solved.

 

It’s not for the faint of heart

That give up so easily,

Instead, it will take much courage

To compete successfully.

 

 

It’s a compendium of problems

That the living has to solve,

A turntable of problems maybe

Around which life revolves.

 

Time is of the essence

Which in itself is a problem,

So that haste must be made sensibly

To find its adequate solutions.

 

It has been proven suicidal

To many a competitor

Who, having been overwhelmed,

Became a no-survivor.

 

 

Life is a veritable minefield

Even from life-conception

And gynecologists are on red alert

Bent on problem detection.

 

From the womb to the tomb,

This is the nature of life

And it takes problem solving skills

To manage its varied strife.

 

It’s a compendium of problems

For some, more than others

And without the luck of the draw

It can be a colossal bother.

 

That’s why it is necessary

To have Jesus in one’s life,

For with the infinite problem solver

We can navigate the strife.

 

 

It is not the problems of life

But invariably how to navigate,

There is a much better chance for us

If on Jesus we wait.

 

Stewart Russell © June 16, 2024