Love Not the World

Love not the world nor its gold and goodies
Cling to the cross and lay there your burden
The world and its cares will one day be the stories 
You will tell the angels at the gate of heaven.

Live not in the world as a lord over it 
Learn to live as a stranger and pilgrim
For one day you‘ll be called out of it 
And all your wisdom, weath and wares will become a dream.

Lend not your heart to the world of sin 
Nor give your heart to mischief and cruelty
Let not your tongue pierce others within
But soak yourself in the depth of honesty.

Lose not your talent and treasures to this world, 
Give not your heart to sleep nor your eyes to slumber 
Use your brains and brawns to profit unto the lord 
Love not the world for it’s full of pains and blunder.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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