IT IS WHAT WE SEE NOT WHAT YOU SAY

Once I saw a little lad
        Trying to act just like his dad,
And I thought how it must be    
        That kids do just what they see
Rather that what they might have heard
        No matter how the parent uses a word.

This may be why God gave us imagination
        So that, no matter what our orientation,
We can picture our Father above
        And visualize His great love.
Then we can act so much better
        Observing the "spirit" and not just the "letter".

This is why we need to learn to worship Him now
        For by doing so we will resist temptation somehow.
We need to act like the one we admire
        Until this become our heart's desire,
That we love and act the way we should
        Because our Father is always good!

On the other hand, it must be so
        That the "Other father" (as we know)
Will help us "Party' and each night to "Revel"
        Like the other children of the Devil.
What we spend our time and energy seeing
        Will surly affect our every being.

So let us remember this "Father's Day"
        Not just to study the Words He did say,
But to spend some time just being quiet
        (It should be part of our daily diet.)
Just looking at Jesus, our Elder Brother and friend
        Until we are seen acting just like Him.

        GHVS 6/20/99   gvs@idt.net  (201)447-2130