Wednesday, April 3, 2019
OF MICE AND MEN!
Prov
16:9
9 A man's heart deviseth his way:
but the Lord directeth his steps.
"To a Mouse, on Turning Her
Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785" is a Scots-language poem
written by Robert Burns in 1785.
According to legend, Burns was ploughing in the fields and accidentally
destroyed a mouse's nest, which it needed to survive the winter. In fact,
Burns’ brother claimed that the poet composed the poem while still holding his
plough.
You saw the fields laid bare and
empty,
And weary winter coming fast,
And cozy here, beneath the blast,
You thought to dwell,
Till crash! The cruel plough passed
Out through your cell.
And weary winter coming fast,
And cozy here, beneath the blast,
You thought to dwell,
Till crash! The cruel plough passed
Out through your cell.
But Mouse, you are not alone,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!
Still you are blessed, compared with me!
The present only touches you:
But oh! I backward cast my eye,
On prospects dreary!
And forward, though I cannot see,
I guess and fear!
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!
Still you are blessed, compared with me!
The present only touches you:
But oh! I backward cast my eye,
On prospects dreary!
And forward, though I cannot see,
I guess and fear!
Burns ends
his poem with doubts and fear but the
Christian knows that what the plough may uncover a loving God will re-cover! The
best laid plans of mice and men may sometimes go awry but the plans of the Almighty
are written in the sky!
Ps
37:23
23 The steps of a good man are
ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Lord, if I knew you had a plan for
this week I wouldn’t have worked so very hard on my own. Let me cooperate with
your superior plan. AMEN
