Be Prudent Poem by Thabani Khumalo

BE PRUDENT O MY SPIRIT,
SEEKING, AT ALL TIMES,
THE FACE OF GOD.

BE PRUDENT O MY HEART,
ASKING, AT ALL TIMES,
FROM THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD.

DO YOU SLEEP O MY SOUL,
IN INVOCATION AT ALL TIMES
TO GOD WHO IS OMNIPOTENT.

THINK CONSTANTLY ABOUT PARADISE;
A HOME OF EXTRAVAGANT GLORY,
TOO MANY TO COUNT ARE PRECIOUS THINGS THERE,
IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN,
IT SURPASSES ALL THINKING,
EVERYTHING IS GOOD THERE -
WHERE GOD RESIDES.

BE PRUDENT O MY HEART,
ASKING, AT ALL TIMES
BECAUSE, ABOVE ALL DOUBT,
GOD LIVES.