![]() We learned something about the power of poetry. Not getting upset by slander or what people say (7:21-22).Accepting good days as well as bad days with equanimity (7:14).Accepting conditions as they are without judging them (7:13).Not getting stuck longing for the past (7:10).There are many parallels to Ecclesiastes and particularly Ecclesiastes 7 in the poem. We had a lot of good discussion about what it meant for us to live as men of God in this world. How does the Gospel empower us to move toward the ideal in the poem?.What would it look like to implement it in our lives?. ![]() We would take a line or two from the poem and ask four questions: Rather, I thought it would be worth considering what Kipling is saying and seeing how it fits into the Bible’s picture of manhood. No, I don’t think the poem is part of the Bible. ![]() ![]() I was so inspired by it that I decided that I would try and do a “Bible” study on the poem in our church. It is a widely praised, quoted, and printed poem. Every time I recite Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If,” I feel inspired and encouraged to work and keep going forward. ![]()
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