WHAT IS GOOD?

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another – Romans 15:14

Poet John Boyle O’Reilly expresses the answer in this poem – “What is Good?”:

“What is real good?”
I asked in musing mood.
“Order,” said the law court;
“Knowledge,” said the school;
“Truth,” said the wise man;
“Pleasure,” said the fool;
“Love,” said the maiden
“Beauty,” said the page;
“Freedom,” said the dreamer;
“Home,” said the sage;
“Fame,” said the soldier;
“Equity,” said the seer.
Spake my heart full sadly
“The answer is not here.”
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard;
“Each heart holds the secret,
Kindness is the word.”

We can be kind if we choose to be, and if Christ is really in us, we will be!”