Replacing Resentment

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love hurts long and is kind, but envies not,
Love vaunts not, but of others bethought;
Love does not hold grudges or provoked,
Love rejoices in truth, but never cloaked;
Love endures all things, but never fails,
Love hopes in all things and ever prevails;
Winter snow was fun, except for blizzards,
That's when watching for hidden hazards;
The roads were closed, even the stores,
It was just a winter wonderland outdoors;
All seemed so isolated, snow piled so high,
When trying to walk it covered your th*gh;
Just as soon as you thought you dug out,
The snowplow closes it to make you pout;
Even though resented having more work,
Still grateful, forgiving a driver's smirk;
Forgiving is a love not to hold grudge,
Because resentment is no way to judge;
The only way to put joy in your heart,
Have forgiveness pull resentment apart.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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