CHALLENGES IN LIMERICKS

                2 Tim 4:16

The first time that they tried me,
My friends left me behind

Forgive I pray

Them for that day

To me Lord, they were blind

    -oOo-

Philip 3:10-11 NLT

I want to know Christ Jesus
and that power restoring breath

To die is gain

To share His pain

And rise with Him from death

 For ordinary living
Without the power of God,

Will always be,

Undoubtedly.

Six feet below the sod.

-oOo-

Mat 10:24-26 TNIV

The student and the teacher
the master and his slave.

Will get the blame

And suffer sham

Until they reach the grave

 

For if their Lord and Master
is called Lord of the Flies,

They’ll be appalled,

When they are called.

The “harbingers of lies”!

-oOo-

      Isaiah 53:3 NLT

Despised and rejected,
Of sorrows and of grief

They turned away

From Him that day

And none gave Him relief

-oOo-

Psalm 69:17-22 GW

O Lord I am in trouble.
Don’t hide Your Face from me.

Come to my aid,

I’ve been waylaid.

Restore my liberty. 

No person brought me comfort.
I looked and there was none.

I’m forced to dine

On poisoned wine.

And all my friends are gone.

-oOo-

         Mat 8:19-20

O teacher I will follow you
wherever you lead me.

Is that OK?

What do you say?

Your follower I’ll be.

Jesus replied you must decide;
I have no place of rest.

The fox sleeps tight

In holes each night

And birds sleep in their nests.

-oOo-

           Heb 13:14 GW

We’re looking for a city
That isn’t here below.

The God of love’s

Made it above.

Where change it will not know.

      -oOo-

Heb 12:1-2 NLT

Look at the crowd of people
Who are witnessing our race.

Strip off the weight

That militates

Against your fastest pace.

Keep looking unto Jesus
Who started and will close

Our lifelong chase

To end the race

No matter how life goes.

He is our faithful champion
Who sits at God’s right hand.

Our victory

Is sure to be

For that is what He’s planned.

-oOo-

Jim Strickland – written
Saturday, 14 May 2011