Vanity of Vanities
Intelligence is useless without moral wisdom
Tempered by self-knowledge and self-control;
Happiness is elusive without love, hope and joy
Without true concern and care for each other;
Worldly sophistication is but affectation
Wealth, without altruism, breeds self-indulgence;
Power without compassion and control
Gives rise to the evils of pride and malice;
All, all are vanity of vanities,
When un-tempered by GOD–fearing HOLINESS;
Life is mortal, like grass that withers
Flowers that fade,
So look to the immortal, the immutable
The Almighty YAHWEH and JESUS, HIS MESSIAH,
To deliver us from evil temptations;
To lead gentle, humble lives
Loving GOD with all our heart,
And loving our neighbour as ourselves.
Shirley Lau