Fresh or Faded Examples? (Poem)

Sodom and Gomorrah were meant to be,

Examples for those who live ungodly. *

Well, here’s a test: In your mind, life and community,

Do these examples fresh or faded appear to be??

The eroding waves of time and culture have well removed,

The deep, impactful lessons these examples once behooved.

They no longer ‘speak volumes’ of the consequences,

Of ungodly living’s punishment incidences.

Since then, there have been countless other examples,

All eroded by time and new cultural samples.

We humans have a deeply rooted ‘I am different’ trait,

Believing we won’t succumb to what others bit as bait!

Indeed, different we are, but you’d never guess how.

Each generation is more deaf and blind somehow,

To lessons of others, so their mistakes we repeat.

And as we repeat, we add our own onto the heap!

In the midst of this, God is raising up a people,

Whose ears and eyes are open, and who aren’t so feeble.

Understanding the fresh relevance of lessons past,

Reading God’s Word and today’s news, they’re catching on fast!

Moreover....

Fresh examples of the benefits of living godly,

Are spreading all across our world. If you look, you will see!

To those ‘who have eyes to see and ears to hear’, this conveys,

Grace to repent and turn from their own ungodly ways.

The remainder have eyes and ears, too, but they are determined,

To not perceive or to believe. They have been so undermined.

They love their ways and the promises of things attainable:

‘Satisfaction, Instantaneous, but Non-sustainable’. (S.I.N.)

As you ponder my rhyme of faded and fresh examples,

Consider our world, and how much of it is in shambles.

Here’s another test - you won’t be daunted:

In which of these groups are YOU now counted??

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* People in these ancient cities were exceedingly wicked, and were destroyed by The Lord in an incredibly harsh manner. See: Genesis 19