Gary Field
DC# M05398
Century C.I.
Century, FL 32535

The Evening News

Each time we turn on the evening news,
Our stress levels begin to rise.
Images from a world gone mad, abuse
Our sensibility - and assault our eyes.

And yet - as in the days of Noah,
People just running "to and fro",
As punch drunk as "Rocky" Balboa
Trying to shake off another blow.

If the "signs of the times" were neon lights
Perhaps then it would get our attention.
Or "Revelation" - reduced to sound bites,
Labeled "time for an intervention".

Well, we've got "wars and rumors of wars",
And those "earthquakes in diverse places".
The Devil roars, while the world ignores
The "signs of the times" flashed in our faces.

It's not as if we can change the channels,
And pop a few more tranquilizers -
Leave it up to the "professionals",
Or some "community organizers".

Yet some "gospel of prosperity"
Is what seems to be filling the pews.
And so many of us just refuse to see,
The revelation on the evening news.

Can we be so blind that we cannot see
That the "handwriting's" there on the wall.
And what's unfolding is the prophecy
"Let those who stand take heed lest they fall."

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
On a day when it's least expected.
For those who choose the path of disbelief
By whom the word of truth was rejected.

I know I'd be much more popular
If I said things people wanted to hear.
If I chose to hold a "seminar",
With words catered to the "itching ear".

But it's not ME that's being rejected,
It's all plainly written there in the Book.
The Word of God is being neglected -
Perhaps it's time we took another look.

Gary

Matthew 24 through 25
Luke 21:10-28

Note: Beginning in late November, one of the brightest comets in history will appear in the night sky... Brighter than the moon, it will linger from about Thanksgiving, into the first week of January 2014. Its name is ISON :D (after its discoverers the International Scientific Optical Network).