Our Better Angels

The “better angels of our nature” cry out*
to be our conscience voice of God within,
to make sure that His word and law won’t die out,
and be replaced there by the lure of sin.

Whose sound competes to lead our soul astray?
His “devil talk” gives us another voice,
this angel-demon war goes on all day,
old Abe and Screwtape struggle for our choice.**

This tug of war can happen since we’re free,
God’s natural law that’s written on our heart
vies with our fallen nature’s mystery,
with each free human act we do our part.

Lord, help me always choose to listen to
my better angel voice that speaks for You.

*Famous phrase from Lincoln’s First Inaugural.

**Demon in C.S. Lewis’s “Screwtape Letters.”

                             by Pete Voelz     2/17/14