11/25/2021
The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In bleak and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood
Or so the story’s told.
Their dying fire in need of logs
The first man held his back
For of the faces round the fire
He noticed one was black.
The next man looking ‘cross the way
Saw one not of his church,
And could not bring himself to give
The fire his stick of birch.
The third one sat in tattered clothes,
He gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use
To warm the idle rich?
The rich man just sat back and thought
of the wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy, shiftless poor.
The black man’s face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death’s still hands
Was proof of human sin.
They did not die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.
Dear God,
We thank you for the power of our intelligent mind which can imagine incredible technologies and brilliant solutions to world problems. We thank you for the power of our bodies which can heal themselves and allow us to work and bring to manifestation what our minds dream. We thank you for our hearts which gives us a way to feel love and compassion for our fellow man. We thank you for our Souls, the Divine Light within, which connects us to you and to higher thoughts and actions. Have Mercy on us this day and help us to see that everything we fear in the world is created by us, by our wrong actions and selfish beliefs. Bring to awakening in each of us the realization that we are the answer to our prayers if we use all that you have given us in right action and love.
Amen
Amado Dios,
Te damos gracias por el poder de nuestras mentes inteligentes que pueden imaginar tecnologias increibles y soluciones brillantes para resolver los problemas del mundo. Te damos gracias por nuestros cuerpos poderosos que tienen la capacidad de sanarse y poder trabajar para realizar todo lo que la mente suena. Te damos gracias por nuestros corazones que nos dan la manera de sentir amor y compasion por nuestro projimo. Te damos gracias por nuestras Almas, la Luz Divina, que nos conecta con Tigo y a pensamientos y acciones elevadas. Ten misericordia en nosotros este dia y ayudanos poder ver que todo lo que tememos en este mundo es criado por nosotros, por nuestras acciones incorrectas y nuestras creencias egoistas. Despierta en cada uno do nosotros la realizacion que somos la respuesta a nuestras oraciones si usamos todo lo que nos has dado con amor y acciones correctas.
Amen
