In My Haste

 

 

 

 

“I said in my haste,

All men are liars.”

A quote from the Psalmist David-

A situation quite dire.

 

A very sweeping statement

I am sure you would agree

Hence, one that I certainly find

Difficult to see.

 

But it was said in haste

The speaker did admit

Thus, on reflection also suggesting

Hi, we should acquit.

 

Romans 3:4

 

But if this is the case

What must we do with the scripture:

“Let God be true

But every man a liar.”?

 

Certainly, God is true

And thus, He cannot lie,

Titus 1 verse 2 bears out this,

Who am I to deny?

 

On none of His promises

Has God ever faulted,

Unlike many of our world leaders

That we have exalted.

 

Their record is so poor

It makes their promises lies

And as a result, in some countries,

People are dying like flies.

 

“In my haste,” David said,

It was like, who can I trust?

Obviously, however he had turned,

Lying was the thrust.

 

On reflection, however,

It appears that he reneged

Thus, it appears somewhat to me,

For forgiveness he begged.

 

Don’t hold it against him,

It was said in his haste

And words uttered without thinking

 Can lead to waste.

 

By whose authority

Did David declare such?

Certainly not by God’s authority,

We now know this much.

 

It was a hasty remark,

That is as much we do know,

Look no further, my friend,

The scripture says so.

 

 

 

It was not the first time

David had spoken in his haste,

Turn back to Psalm 31 verse 22

Where there is a trace.

 

There, his “in my haste”

Was said as a reflection on God

But his very next statement showed

His reflection was flawed. 

 

So, whatever David meant

It was said in a haste

And cannot be attributed to Jesus-

Not even a trace.

 

However, compared to God

“That cannot lie”

All men are prone to lying

And this, we can’t deny.

 

Stewart Russell © July 8, 2023

 

Discerning the Real

 

I know the title is strange

But this is where we are today,

The real is not easily distinguished

When feelings get in the way.

 

A feeling is only as real

As the feeling you are feeling

When you are feeling

The feeling you are feeling.

 

This is sometimes more

That what some people can take

And as a result

They rush off to tempt fate.

 

One’s feeling and reality

Are in fact, two different things,

And not seeing the difference

Can bring much suffering.

 

What if I feel I am a bird

Does that make me one?

Try putting that to the acid test

And for sure you’d be gone.

 

 

What if you are a male

But are feeling a female inside

Wouldn’t it make sense to get help

Rather than the feeling imbibed?

 

Feeling might be your reality

But if it is not real

Even your superhero attempts

Are likely to fail.

 

Feelings,

Nothing more than feelings

Is ample enough ammunition

To send a person reeling.

 

Fake it till you make it

Does not work with one’s gender,

You are what the equipment says

Even though a pretender.

 

The equipment qualifies you

Regardless of how you may feel,

And that penis says boy or man

And this is a done deal.

 

No surgical procedures

Will change your cell structure,

Your DNA is your birth stamp;

It’s your real picture.

 

Feeling is not a fact

But one’s DNA is, my friend,

And what it said at the beginning

It will say at your end.

 

Absolutely poor is the argument

That “feelings” is who we are

For such is more like the moon

Claiming to be a star.

 

It has no light of its own

And thus, must depend on the sun

And if the sun refuses to shine

Alas, the moon has none.

 

To conceive a man can conceive

Is to conceive a colossal lie

For such will only be possible

When the eagle births a fly.

 

All of this so-called science

That we say that we are following

Is nothing more than a cheap thrill

For all who are swallowing.

 

A feeling is just a feeling,

A feeling is never a fact

Other than the fact you are feeling

And a feeling is just that.

 

If you feel like you are a female

But trapped in a male body,

Your equipment proves you wrong

Unless you are a dummy.

 

 

If your genitalia say female

But you are otherwise inclined,

Then you are not being wise at all

If you follow right behind.

 

If your feelings get ahead

Please stand back and watch,

It is easier to live with your feelings

Than to be what you are not.

 

One race and two genders only

Are all there will ever be,

In His own image God created man

And this is the reality.

 

Having a woman’s equipment

Cannot a real man make,

The most you’ll get for your trouble

Will be a real-life fake.

 

 

And if an appendage is obvious

You will never be a female,

Notwithstanding the millions spent

To create your fairy tale.

 

Now let the Word of God speak

As only God’s Word can,

A man can never ever be a woman

Or can a woman be a man.

 

Genesis 1:27; 5:2

 

God Created man in His own image,

In the image of God created He him;

Male and female created He them

And bless them and call their name Adam

In the day when they were created.

 

Matthew 19:4

 

And he answered and said unto them,

Have ye not read,

That he which made them at the beginning

Made them male and female.

 

Romans 3:4

 

Let God be true

But every man a liar!

 

Remember, my erudite friend,

An opinion is not a fact,

Neither is your feeling the reality

Because you say it is that.

 

Stewart Russell © November 24, 2022