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I haven’t any siblings. I am an “only child”.
It’s never been exciting. In fact, it got me riled!
I didn’t have a brother or sister I could tease.
It’s always, “Don’t be silly” or “pass the custard ‘Please’”
My very best behaviour was always on display.
And I was disappointed it had to be this way.
If anything had happened, I was the one to blame.
I tried to say, “It wasn’t me”. I always said the same.
But when it came to lying, I wasn’t very good.
That’s why I got a hiding more often than I should.
At school I had a problem when bullies picked on me.
I had no elder brother, and so I had to flee.
The girls thought it was funny and so they laughed out loud;
This made a bad impression on others in the crowd.
I used to look with envy at those of my own age.
If they had bigger brothers who’d protect at any stage.
Then they would get off lightly. The bullies got all coy.
They didn’t want to fight with a bigger, stronger boy.
Of course this was so difficult. But I had come to know,
If you are being picked on, the better way to go,
Was call on someone stronger on whom you could rely.
And calling on Jehovah would “fix” the other guy.
I didn’t have to struggle, His name was quite enough.
No matter who the bully was, I knew he wasn’t tough.
He couldn’t fight with Jesus; he couldn’t take Him on.
He’d be annihilated and all his prospects gone.
So this is my solution. I use it still today.
If anybody picks on me, I only have to say
The Name of my Big Brother. The opposition ends.
I know they are not scared of me. But Jesus Christ defends,
The bond slaves who rely on Him. The demons have no chance.
They do not even venture to take a second glance!
For Jesus is my fortress, my Saviour and my Shield.
The rock of my salvation. The one to Whom I yield.
And Satan’s lot know better that try to take Him on.
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He only has to blink an eye and all of them are gone!
My Saviour camps around me; I cannot be afraid.
They have no right of passage. They do not make the grade.
But this is not my doing. I’m held in Jesus hands.
His Name alone I honour. On Christ the rock I stand.
And though the devil threatens, there’s nothing He can do
While I belong to Jesus and to Him I am true.
Jim Strickland – Written Saturday, 15 October 2011
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