The City of God

[babylonsfalling]

The City of God

Blessed are those who count not the need of the self
above the need of their brother,
who have given of their penury
rather than their abundance.

For theirs are the hearts
which have touched the Kingdom of God,
discerning the poverty of the world’s wealth
and wisely grasping the wealth of a charitable Spirit.

Holy Father of Creation,
let me not covet the coins of the world.

For it is written,
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Give me the wisdom of the widow,
to cast away all which blinds my eyes
to the Ways of the Kingdom.

Blind my eyes instead to the things of this world,
fixing them instead on the Land of the Promise,
the city of foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.

Luke 21:1-4
1 Timothy 6:10
Hebrews 11:9-10

[Hawkman]

Hi and welcome to the forum. However, I feel obliged to draw your attention to the forum rules that if you wish to post more than one poem in one day that you do so in a single thread. I would also point out that this strand is for personal poetry for members to post their original work. It seems to me that combining quotes from the bible does not really constitute an original poem. The forum does have a strand specifically for the discussion of faith issues, so perhaps you would have been better off posting this material there.

Regards,

Hawkman.

[tailor STATELY]

@ Hawkman:
It seems to me that combining quotes from the bible does not really constitute an original poem. - there is more to this poem than cut and pasting IMHO.
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@ babylonsfalling: Enjoyed your poem and the scripture references you took inspiration from to craft it.

L8 mite (sic) need attention:
For theirs are the hearts
which have touched the Kingdom of God,
discerning the poverty of the world’s wealth
and wisely grasping the wealth of a charitable Spirit. perhaps 'grasped' for 'grasping' if the word 'and' is included;
or
dropping the 'and' from your construct to render (not unto Caesar) as: "wisely grasping the wealth of a charitable Spirit" which I believe is the better of the two.

A few of my favorite passages in like manner (Matt. 6: 19-21):

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[hillwalker]

I would say this is more of a personal prayer than a poem as such - artful and inspiring to some as it might well be, in my opinion the scriptural references will do little to gain you a wider readership.

[babylonsfalling]

@ Hawkman: - there is more to this poem than cut and pasting IMHO.
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@ babylonsfalling: Enjoyed your poem and the scripture references you took inspiration from to craft it.

L8 mite (sic) need attention: perhaps 'grasped' for 'grasping' if the word 'and' is included;
or
dropping the 'and' from your construct to render (not unto Caesar) as: "wisely grasping the wealth of a charitable Spirit" which I believe is the better of the two.

A few of my favorite passages in like manner (Matt. 6: 19-21):

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

Your way is better...thanks.
And this (from your post)...

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
would make for good material on which to base a similar writing.
Thanks,