TOO CLOSE TO SEE?
Witness to a close friend
Whose mind is made, may depend…
On something Beyond
A friendship’s bond,
And Love that changes an end.
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They may have been close for years,
Observing your faults and fears…
If they see
No change in thee,
They likely will not trust their ears.
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A mind made up like Saul’s*
Needs something fantastic to call…
Out power enough
To rattle their stuff,
That unbalances it all!
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Their investigation feeds fuel,
Ammunition for the duel…
Preformed in their mind
To other views blind,
The other’s words thrown back so cruel.
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“Cast not thy pearls before swine,”**
The time comes to draw the line…
Human logic skewed
Debaters have rued,***
Finding it a waste of their time.
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In the end, all one can do: Love;
Being used by the Spirit as a glove…
To comfort and heal
Despite how one feels,
Be gentle as you can, like a dove.****
–Jonathan Caswell
*Saul….renamed Paul…was a young Pharisee who was converted on the road to Damascus (in The Acts of the Apostles…Chapter 9, Verses 1-31)…becoming a missionary for Christ throughout the then-Roman Empire…a overwhelming majority of the New Testament is composed of his letters to churches and individuals…or others in his ministry writing (most notably Luke, his frequent travel companion, a physician).
** “…before swine…” The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 7, verse 6 (the whole verse is useful)
***Galatians 5:20…where most translations have “dissensions” or “strife,” at least one KJV edition I’ve seen uses the term, “debate”.
****Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 16. (NIV says: “shrewd as snakes…innocent as doves”.
By the Mighty Mumford 