BUILDERS

Can you see the plan of God for each individual in the following poem from the pen of R.L. Sharpe? Think about it.

Isn't it strange

That princes and kings,

And clowns that caper

In sawdust rings

And common folks

Like you and me

Are builders for eternity?

Each is given a bag of tools,

A shapeless mass,

A book of rules;

And each must make

Ere life is flown

A stumbling block

Or a stepping stone.

Editor's Note:

The shapeless mass is the heart that God gives each person. We like to think of the Biblical Heart as the subconscious mind. Life is to be spent programming the heart. The tools are: the world, the flesh and the devil plus a free (conscious) mind with which to make choices. And the set of rules are set forth in the Word of God, the Holy Bible.

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