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He cares for Good and Bad
He sends His rain and shine to good and bad,
The river of His bounty ever flows,
To keep His handiwork, creation fed,
And oversees its flowering and growth.
He fills the empty vessels to the brim,
Fills them according to capacity,
Those wide and tall, and others small and slim,
Extent and space determines quantity.
Big ships and vessels can accommodate
Substantial cargos and perhaps some more,
While small and slighter vessel may frustrate
The packing efforts of the stevedore.
In nature too, the high and lordly pine
Absorbs more than the moor grown buttercup,
And drinks in more of rain and sunny shine,
To well provide the tree with nurturing sap.
On smaller glasses rims would overflow,
To waste would go the liquor strong and sweet
And waste of it may mean and a grievous blow,
To hosts that have a multitude to feed.
As much as it could take the glass received
To its capacity filled to the brink,
Of the sweet life-sustaining sap,- His gift
His ever flowing gifts of food and drink.
He gives to all with generosity
Without distinction rain and sunny shine,
But varied much is the capacity
To make the needed space for gifts divine.
He gives to all in His benignity,
His rain and sun shine both to good and bad,
But blessed he that uses thankfully
The generous gifts and by His word is fed.
© Elizabeth Dandy
beautiful and true!