Just Before Jerusalem Comments

Hi r james, your poem brought this one to mind, found it on the web once, Regards John The Loom of Time Man’s life is laid in the loom of time To a pattern he does not see While the weavers and the shuttles fly Till the dawn of eternity Some shuttles are filled with silver threads And some with threads of gold While often but the darker threads Are all that they may hold. But the weaver watches with Skilful eye Each shuttle fly to and fro And sees the pattern so deftly wrought As the loom moves sure and slow God surely planned the pattern Each thread, the dark and fair Is chosen by his masters skill And placed in the web with care. God only knows it’s beauty And guides the shuttles which hold The threads so unattractive As well as the threads of gold Not till each loom is silent And the shuttle cease to fly Shall God reveal the pattern And explain the reason why The dark threads were as needful In the weavers skilful hand As the threads of gold and silver For the pattern which he planned. Anon.

I gave this a ten as well because I like the style of this writer. He asks a profound question at the end. That is always worth my philosophy point. Simply magnificent. GW62