Under My Charge

I, as a classroom teacher

Treated each child like they were

Special because I knew that

They were precious to GOD, and

I loathed HIS wrath, to incur.

At the same time, then and now

My husband was a preacher

And I looked at each member

As a soul that was precious

To GOD, and I didn't want

To make HIM angry, you see

Due to some intentional

Harm orchestrated by me.

Too, I try to bear in mind

That GOD wants us to be kind

So in my daily treatment

Of each person that I meet

I try to be cordial since

I don't know when an angel

Of GOD, I may get to greet.

I do the work in earnest

I have been given to do-

What say you, my fellowman

Are you using kindness in

Everything that you do?

One thing for sure, you can still

Change the way you treat others

While you're yet walking around

But you cannot change a thing

Once you've been put in the ground.©

(Based on Isaiah 36-37)

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