So Simple

So Simple

Some say it is only make-believe
   and so the Israelites could not conceive
       what God had in store,
and so Isaiah away doth fled 
       to the mountain top, where his clothes did shred
           and cried "our message they don't believe dear Lord",
that their 
   ears made for hearing 
      did not hear, 
   and heart made for feeling 
     did not feel,
   and eyes made for seeing
     did not see,
   and minds made for thinking
     did not think,
   and strength made for enduring
     did not endure,
   and necks made for turning
     did not turn,
   and hands made for mending
     did not mend;
so, God was angered and jealous 
   thus made angry and jealous Israel
       save 1000 times seven,
and gave the gift of Salvation to whom He Promised not: 
those whose
   ears made for hearing 
      did not hear, 
   and heart made for feeling 
     did not feel,
   and eyes made for seeing
     did not see,
   and minds made for thinking
     did not think,
   and strength made for enduring
     did not endure,
   and necks made for turning
     did not turn,
   and hands made for mending
     did not mend,
and so angered were they that they killed His Son, 
   thus fulfilling God's love for everyone, 
that the world be not condemned but saved, 
   by Jesus Christ beyond the grave,
      who paid the price 
          with his sacrifice
             and gave us what we truly desire
      everlasting life
         to live in love and not in strife    
             nor everlasting death by fire,
and in our happiness 
   from our mouths by what we confessed
      receive God's everlast love that we might possess
         ears for hearing, 
         a heart for feeling, 
         eyes for seeing,
         a mind for thinking,
         strength for enduring,
         necks for turning,
         and hands for mending
that so simply if we believe, 
   in our heart and with mouth profess, 
      God is our providence
death shall become powerless,
   that everlasting life will be our reward.

Romans 10

Honor and Glory be to God
by, Martin Braun
6/27/2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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