The Folly Of Our Days

June 5

“The Folly Of Our Days”

In our discontented world, despair has taken hold
Where hate and strife have reigned for centuries untold.
A people wring their hands, shed many bitter tears,
And cry out to their brother who’s deaf and never hears.
The pompous and the brave strive valiantly to gain
Freedom's cup for captive souls but bring them only pain.
We raise our voice in protest, decry all human ill,
And when the shouting's over the sickness lingers still.
So we'll lose ourselves in comedy and violence on the screen
When face-to-face with tragedy we wish we'd never seen
We'll smoke away our troubles or wash them down with wine,
Or cloak them very carefully within the printed line...
…But we'll keep on moving forward and never call, 'Retreat!'
As we dance on to destruction on our gaily tripping feet.

This poem was written during the 1960s, a very tumultuous time. It proves one thing very clearly, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

Man, with all his good intentions, with all his investment of time and money and energy, cannot solve mankind's myriad problems. Only Jesus can do that, and we've tied His hands...actually, we’ve nailed them to a cross.

The Word of God states very clearly in Proverbs 10:9, “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be undone.” This poem states man’s resolve to continue in his wayward course that leads him only to un-workable solutions and desperate attempts to escape his dilemma, while the Bible offers its matchless hope that steadfast adherence to the truth of God brings security in spite of the shifting sands of the world.