230811 Right Living

Right Living


What makes one behave decently 

Instead of acting selfishly

What causes someone to refrain

From seeking only their own gain


Why'd one to charity open purse

Or anyone put others first

Why serve our neighbors, family, friends 

Treat nicely, so not to offend


Why, then respect authority 

Or ever treat strangers kindly

To use words like please and thank you 

Is that something we're forced to do


Some say in polite society

That's how we are supposed to be 

For there's a standard to uphold

Perhaps that is what you've been told


Yet, where does that standard come from

Is it the goal of everyone 

One look around, you know it's true

It's not something all adhere to


I ask again its origin

A standard way of kind living

Is it something born inside of us

Genetic trait to avoid chaos


If you have raised a child or two

You know that theory can't be true

For any child I've been or seen

Can be selfish, stubborn, or mean


So, why behave the way we ought

Is it something that must be taught 

Is there behavior that's ideal

Or can we all act as we feel


The standard of how to behave

Is something Heavenly Father gave

His ten commands for right living

Required when sin entered the scene


Since time the first sin had begun

A constant battle to be won

For tis our nature, sad to say

Too often want to have our way


Right living must be thing we choose

A standard God gave us to use

To live in peace and harmony 

Something to work on constantly 


You'll find that as you live right way

More loving nature you'll display

Then grace and kindness that you give

Become the standard which you live


1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us


John 15:12

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you 


1Corinthians 10:13

Deuteronomy 6:6-8

2 Timothy 3:16

Matthew 22:37-39


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