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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: SLOTH (indolence; laziness) (01/29/15)
Just a Little

Just a little slumber, just a little folding of the arms,
Just a little nap this one time surely can’t do any harm?
Things have been so stressful here, I need a teeny little rest
Then when I wake up again, I’ll be performing at my best.
If even You rested after the Creation, surely it’s not wrong
If I put my feet up just this once, this journey’s been so long
There’s always tomorrow; feels like all work and no play;
And Jesus said, “Do not worry about tomorrow for each day
Has enough troubles of its own,” and even He slept
For a short while in the boat one day, so if He kept
A snooze as part of His daily routine; surely you would not refuse
Me forty winks to recharge my batteries, would you Father? –
I know I’ll be more ready to take the world on later, rather
I’ll be better able to obey Your prompting, honestly!
I know You’re not impressed with all man’s striving endlessly
So I’ll just be still here and wait on You to send Your blessing
Unless You build the house, the labourers labour in vain and I’m confessing
That I don’t want to kill myself toiling all the days You send me, that’s why
I’ll eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow I may die.
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Larry Whittington
02/06/15
It did not seem to flow smoothly for me. It may have been that you were searching for your next line. There is nothing wrong with this if the reader does not feel it also.

Keep doing what you seem to be pulled to do.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
02/08/15
I really enjoyed this. I think it's absolutely brilliant. Poetry isn't my favorite genre by far, but this one made me smile. You did a great job of nailing the topic.
Sheldon Bass 
02/11/15
You hit on some key portions of scripture here and expressed what any one of us may feel and say. I was, however left searching for a more precise message. Perhaps it's there and I'm simply missing it. Thank you for sharing this with us. God bless you along your journey as you continue to bless us with your writing.