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Dear Reader,
These lines were born in the quiet hour when the soul weighs the weight of Scripture against the hardness of our age. The command of our Lord in Matthew 7:6 — “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine” — is not a counsel of despair, but of divine wisdom and mercy. There comes a tragic threshold where continued striving with the reprobate mind no longer serves the cause of grace; it only deepens judgment and wounds the giver.
I have written not to condemn, but to sober the heart of the faithful. May you discern the soil before you sow. May you guard the sacred treasure when the mire threatens to swallow it. And may you never cease praying for those still within reach of repentance, even as you learn, with holy restraint, when to withhold the pearl.
In solemn hope and trembling reverence,
The Poet
In shadowed vales where reprobate minds roam,
Defiant hearts reject the light of Truth,
They spurn the Word that calls the sinner home,
And trample sacred lore beneath their hoof.
The Gospel’s pearls, like dew on morning’s rose,
Are offered pure to souls that thirst for grace;
Yet when the ear grows deaf and conscience closed,
The hand of Heaven stays its giving place.
“Forbear,” the Master whispers from on high,
“Cast not these gems where swine in mire wallow;
They turn again and rend the giver’s thigh,
Then rend the holy seed in fury shallow.”
O tragic point where mercy’s door swings shut,
Where love itself must sheath its shining blade!
The reprobate, in chains of self-made rut,
Chooses the dark, and darkness is repaid.
So tread with wisdom on this mortal sod,
Discern the soil ere scattering the seed;
For some will bloom beneath the grace of God,
While others mock—and God Himself will heed.
Hold fast the pearls; reserve them for the meek,
Who hunger after righteousness alone.
The swine may rage, the blinded never seek—
But Heaven’s treasury is not overthrown.
