Celebrating God
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
O that You rend Heaven,
Open up and come down;
That we might be given,
Our salvation crown.
That the mountains might quake,
As the fire kindles;
Water boils to make,
Burns evil that swindles.
When You did awesome things,
That we did not look for;
Mountains quaked what it brings,
Flowing lava to the shore.
No one had from the start,
Either heard or perceived;
Though You see our heart,
No one saw that believed.
No ear has ever heard,
No eye has ever seen;
Except the written Word,
Through the ages has been.
You who work righteousness,
And remember Your ways;
You will save and will bless,
Those who always obeys.
But each one is impure,
And wearing filthy rags;
As we look for a cure,
For our heart that brags.
We fade like a leaf,
Transgression like the wind;
Because of disbelief,
Not being disciplined.
There is no one who calls,
And aroused by Your name;
Failure when someone falls,
We hide and not proclaim.
But You are the potter,
While we are Your clay;
Pour on us some water,
And mold us to obey.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
God’s Molded Instruments Isaiah 64
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Written on October 13, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on October 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFG HXHX DDDD IDID JXJX DKDK LMLM L |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,008 |
Words | 194 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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