First Things RSS Feed - Kevin Cutrer https://www.firstthings.com/author/kevin-cutrer en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:16 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/kevin-cutrer 60 Good Grief https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/03/004-good-grief https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/03/004-good-grief Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 You said it, Charlie Brown.
Though all we get is grief,
They only knock us down
To topple our belief
That one day”one day soon”
The meek will all inherit
And Lucy change her tune.
I don’t think they could bear it
The way we do, to rise
Knowing we’ll fall again,
To think it somehow wise
To lose, to fail . . . to grin,
And in our darkest mood
To still allow for Good.

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