WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

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 Lord, God!  Lamb of God
 I think of all the things
 we are asking for
 which we do not need
 but just want and 
 it leaves me in a state of wonder
  
 We have everything 
 Still desire more
 I read about the Haitians 
 and of their sufferings
 the things they need and don’t have
  
 Food and water, along with shelter
 being the highest on the list and
 then I read about their faith in You
 and are sure You will be taking care of them

 Supreme faith, even though they have nothing
  
 We pray for more, which we don’t need
 Our faith is weak when we do not 
 consider helping them in any way
 We are not of this world
 Cannot take anything with us
  
 I read of our Nigerian brothers and sisters
 dying of starvation while dictators are enriched

 Christians, Jews and Muslims being
 killed and sequestered in China
 It is sad as we wait for our leaders,
 the Pope in particular, to step up and
 offer assistance wherever needed

 Wherever, an echo of forever, which
 Is the forever we will have when we die
  
 We see misguidance in our own country
 Revisionists who dislike our constitution
 constantly breaking down our morality
  
 I hear preachers say how 
 They struggled all week
 With what words to use in their homily

 I think of the seven mile trek to potable 
 Water and the struggle back
  
 Water to make soup out of weeds for 
 their starving children, 
 hoping they will sleep
 in the ram-shack shelter 
 that barely covers them and 
 where poisonous spiders 
 and snakes lurk along with mosquitoes.
  
 I think to myself, 
 if we could only overcome
 all of this it would be 
 a wonderful world
  
 Stanski
 October 7, 2019 ^