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Friday, January 13, 2006

God's Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me.."

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count ! your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."

2 Comments:

At 1:59 PM, Blogger Martin LaBar said...

Pretty good poetry!

 
At 2:05 PM, Blogger Laura said...

Well, I didn't write it of course... it was e-mailed to me.

 

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