Issue 281
This introductory edition is a simple but relevant poem for you reflect upon in the troubled Market
The smarter Investor
My financial advisor dispenses sound advice
On what to do with what you’ve got
To maximize the price
So I asked in his opinion whether heaven should be thought
Of as a reasonable investment or a risk
So he replies
The interest rate is very low in many people’s thinking
The futures market’s insecure with optimism shrinking
Return is somewhat hazy for if profit is your goal
Nobody can quote you an exchange rate for your soul
Apparently for heaven’s sake you must take stock and share
Your possessions with the poor but the yield is only fair
The margin’s narrow and the cost makes other routes appealing
Besides the Word is that the board prefers insider dealing
It seems the Son and Heir has bought his way into the firm
Everyone in heaven is now there upon his terms
All the competition has been crossed off the agenda
The debts have all been cleared and they’re just about to send a
Brochure out informing all the interested parties
That an offer’s being made to put your treasure where your heart is
He takes overall control of every unit trust
And makes you quite a saving even though you must adjust
To another way of dealing and a standardized gold measure
With a softer corporate image and a longer-lasting treasure
© Geoff Shattock 2008 (Written 1991)
Matthew 6:19-25
19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. 25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear
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