What Do I Believe? Poem by Pleasant Dabbs

I believe first and foremost in God.
I believe in worshiping Him and in keeping His commandments
I believe wholly and unconditionally in my wife
I believe in her purity, in her motives, in any and everything
She tells me and confides in me
I believe in her dedication to me as her husband
I believe the sun will rise every morning
I believe that the news on television, on the radio
And in the newspapers is not to be believed
Without a personal knowledge of its veracity
I believe all plants need water to grow and flourish
And that plants, humans and everything living
Will die if they don't have water
I believe in death, that it is an unconditional
Occurrence that will take effect in plants
In humans, animals and in everything that's living
I believe in Christ and in a universal resurrection
From the dead. I believe in a Devil
I believe that he tempts all mankind
And that He is our worst enemy
I believe in eating nutritional foods
I believe that the computer fulfills
The prophecy that in the last days that
‘Knowledge will cover the earth
As the waters cover the sea'
I believe that you will judge this
Contest fairly and honestly
I believe that you believe in yourself
As I believe in myself.
I believe that if a person doesn't
Believe and have faith he will
Not progress much in this world
Or in the next.
I believe in being happy and
In doing good to my fellow man
In treating everybody with love and kindness
I believe there exists prejudice
In the minds of many, but I believe
They are wrong and need to
Replace those feelings with love
And acceptance of all people
Regardless of race, color or
Religious preference.
And lastly, I believe I've
Come to the end of listing
The things I believe in. Not that there
Aren't a multitude more, only that
I don't have time to finish my list
Before the judging takes place.


c aaron