While Working Much Out in My Mind

While working much out in my mind
I came to know with clarity
That as I took to pen I could find
A tool for writing of verity

Without preconception
I experienced a change of will
That my heart opened for conception
For the holy words God did instill

But, what is the good of a page
If it is not read and applied?
As the paper does but yellow with age
And the advantage for the reader is denied

As such, the ancients labored much with their hands
To give us their records and holy writ
May we ponder from them to understand
The care they used for God's light to emit

They knew the value of having an open mind
an open will, and an open heart

verity -an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth