Some thoughts are so fleeting
And sometimes are gone so fast
That if we had to recount them
It would be an impossible task.
Try tracing a thought
From its inception to its end:
Even to contemplate this
It is difficult to comprehend
Though we often think
We seldom analyze our thoughts
And the times we do
We’re either excited or distraught.
A thought is sometimes referred to
As a brilliant idea
Though just as often too
It can run the other way.
A thought may be sinister
Or it may be saintly like,
Of course the former is darkness
While the latter is light.
Thoughts are linked to our senses
They are received in five ways,
They are reflected in our actions
As we live out our days.
Some thoughts are bothersome
And load us down with care:
These we wish we could forget
But they don’t easily disappear.
Some thoughts make us happy,
These are the desired experience
But unlike the other thoughts
They are not as intense.
Enough about thoughts though,
Let me concentrate on just one:
It will take just a few more verses
And then I will be gone.
When is the last time
You thought about your soul?
Can you trace it from its inception
Regarding the word you were told?
Please don’t dismiss that thought
Unceremoniously
For it bears a direct link
That speaks to your destiny.
For certainly that is a thought
That has eternal repercussions,
To ignore this particular thought
Is to court eternal damnation.
I know this sounds harsh
And perhaps a little absurd
But you can verify it
If you search in God’s Word.
This thought comes from God
You are fortunate to have received it,
Make the best of your opportunity
Don’t resist the Holy Spirit.
Stewart Russell © October 2018
