Seeking to gain
His place in the pond,
Holding on to a �right,�
And then he was gone.
A fatal mistake
He made in the fight, His
move toward pre-eminence
Put him out in plain sight.
Then an enemy worse
Than the one with the claws
Was the very last sight
This �winner� saw...
...As we cling to our rights
Seeking to win
Our spot on this planet,
We get swallowed by sin,
And have really nothing
To show for our pains,
As we lose what�s eternal
In our temporal gains.
Luke 9:24-25 �... for what does a
man profited if he gains the whole
world and loses or forfeits himself.�
J. Christopher White
June 1, 2002