Tuesday November 29 2016  “DEFINE LIFE FORWARD”

 

“THEN LIVE IT BACKWARD”

Kathleen Martens

November 29, 2016

http://www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

When looking ahead

At your life.

Plans must be considered

To avert strife.

 

Allow God to speak

Before you embark.

Planning ahead

Is not just a lark.

 

Consider the future,

Define your goals.

Look deep inside

To stop the holes.

 

Aim for your dream,

Know your objective.

With the end in mind

Be not subjective.

 

Ambition is good,

But use care.

Remove personal traits

That should not be there.

 

Define your tactics,

Put what’s needed in place.

Grow your integrity

As challenges you face.

 

Trust in God,

Always keep Him in view.

Be aware of pitfalls

That will try to woo.

 

Guard your heart

That your motive is pure.

When you define life forward

Your step will be sure.

 

Then go backward

Into your plan.

Facing all challenges,

With God you can.

 

All your aspirations

Put in God’s care,

His plan is perfect

To get you there.

 

Trusting in God

Is the way to go.

Because the ending,

He already knows.

 

Allow God to prune

Where it is needed.

Put your trust in Him

As His word is heeded.

 

Be not careless

As you forge ahead,

But trust in God

For your daily bread.

 

And once surrendered

To God’s plan for your years,

Live it backwards

Without any fear.

 

Know what God wills

As you begin,

Shed the unnecessary,

Be free from sin.

 

And when you go forward

You’ll be where you should be,

Knowing your step is sure

And God holds the key.

 

The above poem might take some pondering to grasp my meaning.  It was inspired by a quote I heard today in a sermon online.  The quote sums it up in two lines much better than all I wrote above.  I hope it makes sense to you having not heard the context from which it was quoted.

 

“Define life Forward.

Then live it backwards.”  Soren Kierkegaard

I looked Kierkegaard up on line after I wrote the above poem.  Here is another quote I came across while reading his on line biography:

“What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.”*

* Born May 5, 1813 in Copenhagen, Kimgdom of Denmark

   Died November 11, 1855 (aged 42)  

Would love to hear any comments.