Love and Contentment: The antidotes to world misery
05 May 2016
FRANCIS NII
An entry in the 2016 Crocodile Prize
Look at the world
Why it is full of conflicts
There is so much killing
Poverty and hunger
While world powers
Are pumping billions
Into developing lethal weapons
And space rockets
In the game of arms race
So-called security
Power
Dominion
The rich are greedily
Amassing wealth
Squandering megabucks
On parties, circus and holidays
Their pets are lavishly fed
Full three meals a day
Dressed in fine ornaments
Living comfortably in mansion
While millions are starving
Foraging trash bins for survival
Dressed in rags
Living in squalid cardboard hut
What if the whole world
Is full of love?
Showing benevolence
To one another
There should be no hatred
No conflict
No enemy
No killing
What if the whole world
Is full of contentment?
There should be surplus food
Every family should have a home
When love and contentment
Rule the world
There should be no poverty
Hunger, war and dying
Mankind should live
In peace and harmony
With one another
At least in my conscience
When love and contentment rule the world, there should be no poverty, hunger, war and death.
Simply phrased and nicely put: if you will have it, such an idyll is part of Biblical promise. Until then, Calvary's work secures the Just by faith.
Posted by: Robin Lillicrapp | 05 May 2016 at 07:08 AM