A JOURNEY WITH JOB

A JOURNEY WITH JOB Pondering on the scriptures storyOf a rich man reduced to povertyThose vicissitudes of life he sufferedAnd the struggle to keep a sane life intactHis foe was warned, touch not the anointed,His wealth returned and so increased Men like Job are around us todayOnce they made gains, married and multipliedThe ill wind of fortune moved aroundAnd abided in their homes for a whileSome regained and reaped the harvest, highOthers, the graves swallowed their debts, below The ship wreck of merchants of VeniceFire disasters in our township marketsJob losses arising from economic melt downEven the world wars in a global settingAll are cyclical rides on the waves of timeUp and down and up again, we sail…

— t. reflexion, Jun 11, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

Critiques

chumfin

15 years 12 months ago

SIR this was very educative,

SIR this was very educative, inspiring and very wonderful, its a lecture all must learn about life in general. great work poet chumfin

t. reflexion

15 years 12 months ago

Thanks for the comments...

and your time. Yes, there a Job in every man and we should learn to live with him. Best wishes. T.