By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
– Proverbs 22:4-5
The Road That Is Right
By humility’s hush and reverent flame, Life blooms, not loud, but true in name. Riches not counted in silver or gold, But honor in hands that humbly hold.
Thorns may whisper on prideful ways, their snares disguised in glittered praise. Yet wisdom walks with quiet tread, And keeps the soul where angels’ve led.
Fear of the Lord, a lantern’s glow, Guides each step where peace may grow. And those who choose the narrow light Will walk in grace, and walk in right.
© Susan Ruth Robertson
There’s a quiet wisdom in how they unfold: the first offers a tender promise, riches, honor, life, not earned by force or ambition but born of reverence and humility. The second feels like a gentle warning wrapped in poetic sharpness. Thorns and snares, almost like the soul’s road signs. It makes me think of how our talents and poems often balance grace and grit. I imagine golden threads of light woven through gentle thorns, like mercy illuminating a guarded path.
Walk in humility, and life blooms open; walk in pride, and the road becomes painful. Not just to walk, but to choose the way that leads toward life, honor, and soul-keeping.
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