LIFESONG

There are two ways in life.

Two choices apply.

One choice is to live.

One choice is to die.

If I focus on death

I’m worthless like chaff:

separate,

rootless,

and crass.

Lacking in sense,

riding the fence,

wasted,

searching

for more.

Walking in dark,

standing unmarked,

resenting

the law 

of my Lord.

Sitting alone

with thoughts’

undertone

of places

I ought not to be.

Standing transfixed

by solar eclipse,

scorning 

the light

I can’t see.

Yet...

If I focus on living,

I’m strong 

like a tree.

I naturally choose

to nourish my leaves

by rooting myself,

preventing the wither,

drawing my life

from the flow 

of the river.

Reach out 

as I grow,

living in truth,

reap what I sow,

bearing much fruit.

I rise

toward the sun,

focused in thought,

surviving the heat 

in seasons of drought.

Embracing

then rain

with branches that bend,

knowing it strengthens 

my heart to depend

on the roots of my faith,

on promises true,

belief they’ll prevail

and never 

fall though.

Like a tree 

planted strong,

I’ll meditate long

and prosper 

in all I may do.

There are two ways in life.

Two choices apply.

One choice is to live.

One choice is to die.

“Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly. For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭1:1-6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

http://bible.com/116/psa.1.1-6.nlt