Man Cannot Be Truly Righteous

Man cannot be truly righteous
Without first tasting bitter sorrow.
He cannot be truly just
Without understanding the necessity of punishment.
He cannot be truly virtuous
Without understanding there is a time for war.

It was told to me once,
That the Babes were angry with God
For telling Hosea to take a wife of whoredom.
For, how could God permit evil?
Yet, for Good to be Good
There is something which might be called evil inside of it.

For when God begat Man's Flesh
He took on the Form of Human Good.
However, divine retribution from the Father
And when that Man returns
Is going to be blood.

Such it was that Hosea need know
The whoredoms of Ephraim and Israel
And to know God's sorrowful heart.
For, Hosea loved he as a wife;
Bedded her, fed her, clothed her.
Yet, she practiced whoredom
So that he knew not whether his behest
Were truly his children.
So with Job who partook in Christ's sufferings
So with Israel when God disjointed his knee.

It must be understood what evil is
To be touched by it
To have touched it.
For only then can you truly be good.
Only then, after suffering,
Can you truly be good.

For everyone is bemused by prosperity
And money and talent.
Yet, should the taste be made dull
And the scents made dull,
What is there left?
The man suffers,
Yet rejoices in his king.
For, the blessing of God is His love
Yet His admonishment is for we to understand
The plights of the broken hearted.