TODAY TRUTH IS ON LIFE SUPPORT (my attempt at the challenge)

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Open Poetry #49

TODAY TRUTH IS ON LIFE SUPPORT (my attempt at the challenge)

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2015-03-31 12:57 PM

(I know there are many angles from which to approach this statement, this is the one that inspired me.)

TODAY TRUTH IS ON LIFE SUPPORT
scripture says,
God uses the foolish
to confound the wise,
the wise
to confound the foolish

man’s wisdom
is foolish at best
and rarely stands
the test of time
unless anchored
in God’s truth

some say,
“God’s word,
the Bible, is merely
a metaphor,
and metaphor
may prove ambiguous
at best

“Believe none of what
you hear and only
half of what you see,”
while others say,
“Seeing is believing.”

That was certainly
Thomas’ bent
when confronted
with the truth
that has confounded man–

twenty centuries long.
Yet Thomas placed his hands
within the wounds on His wrists
and in the depth of His side
capturing truth on every hand.

“Blessed is He who believes,
yet does not see,"
faith is the power
by which that one stands
upon the anchor of His Word.

figurative speech as simile
depends on life’s experience
for understanding
yet comparison is as
“like or as” for its connection

yet metaphor
does not use similarity
but states that which is
“IS” “A mighty fortress
is our God.”

not, –our God is like
a mighty fortress–
in which degrees of truth
may ration worth
choices=defining moments

will you be defined in truth?
will you live by truth?

Virginia Salter 3/31/15
(quotes may be exact or paraphrase of one translation or another, also "A Mighty Fortress is Our God," is the title of the hymn inspired by scripture.)

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

1 posted 2015-04-01 10:48 AM

The angle we're most often taught... Though I think most people question that teaching at some point in their lives and many, keep their battle hidden in a private struggle.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2015-04-01 11:08 AM

Ah, yes, and we can argue until we're blue or red in the face, but in the end,

Truth will win out and there is nothing we can do or say to change truth.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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