“Tone” [Module # 204] (Luke 17:3)

The tone of man makes tone of home;
The tone of home can set the tone
Of life in church – like butterfly
Which flaps its wings – then good men die.

So pushy, interfering types,
So proud of how they do things right,
Mess up their families – extend
Beyond their borders, when they lend –

Their unasked interfering acts
(All based upon misguided “facts”),
Until one day they come up short –
Confronted by some ill report.

And then ka-boom! They mess their pants,
Try to recover with some dance;
Convinced they, in the end, were right –
And actions taken were quite tight.

And so, through life they blunder on,
While those more wise have long-since gone;
Their arrogance of being right,
Sets tone askew for all in sight.

How can some people be so ill-
Informed, yet exercise there will,
Which has such ill-effects around
On those with whom they self-surround?

If you or I are one of those,
Perhaps it’s best if, once one knows
The score, one slips off in the mist,
Regarding self as heaven-kissed.

Thanks Lord for this.