J.M.J.
THE GREATEST POSSESSION
LOOK AT THE GROUND UPON WHICH YOU NOW STAND;
CAN YOU CLAIM AS YOUR OWN JUST ONE PEBBLE OF SAND?
IF YOU CANNOT TAKE THE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING THAT SMALL,
THEN BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, YOU OWN NOTHING AT ALL.
ALL OF YOUR NEEDS GOD HAD ANTICIPATED
FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT THAT YOUR LIFE HE CREATED.
ALL THE POSSESSIONS YOU STILL CLAIM AS YOUR OWN
ARE THE FRUITS OF GOD’S LABOR AND NOT WHAT YOU HAD SOWN.
ALL THAT YOU HAVE AND STILL CLAIM TO CONTROL
ARE MERELY OBSTACLES THAT TARNISH YOUR SOUL.
UNTIL YOU RETURN WHAT WAS YOURS NOT TO KEEP,
THE GREATEST POSSESSION THAT AWAITS YOU’LL NOT REAP.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
2-25-1997