Limericks About Bible Books

April 24 or 25?, 2014 

A Limerick about Romans

I need to read Romans again.

It shows how I’m wicked within.

Christ leaves me not there;

He dispels my despair

By purging away all my sin.

(Jan. 2015)

“Messiah Has Come!” Matthew wrote.

What joy in his voice we can note!

What a glorious thing!

Jesus Christ is our King!

New life in Him is our hope!

Galatians, on “Our Liberty,”

Tells how, in Christ, we are free.

Not to do wrong—

To live holy, life-long,

For Him Whom we call, “Majesty”!

Philippians’ theme: “Joy in Christ,

Who humbly gave up His rights,”

Tells us, “Walking like Him,

And rejoicing within

Is the key to success in new life”!

Leah Andersen

April 24, 2014

Leah Andersen

My time is short, the end is near,

My thoughts are almost gone;

I have mere moments left to me

Before I travel on.

An unseen foe has entered in

To crowd out thoughts with force.

My mind submits and weakens,

Yet, I known I am the LORD’S.

My family stands as sentries;

Their watchful gaze is steady.

Their love is strong, but their strength now lags

As I’m made Heaven-ready.

My LORD knows what He doeth;

This trial’s but a flame

To purify and purge my dross

And glorify His Name.

I cannot feign to explain away

This death that seems so cruel,

I only trust in Him Who lives

And allows the fire more fuel.

My family, friends look up to Him,

(Is God sad at their plea?),

“We can’t see yet the meaning, LORD!

Give us Thy grace and strength!”

Yes, “can’t see yet” is just the phrase

To use, I know it’s true.

Paul writes, “We know that someday

We will see all worked for good.”

New Nature

April 24, 2014

New Nature

O Jealousy! Get out of me! I’m crucified with Christ.

Let sin now reign no more in me; my Lord has cleansed my life.

The charity Christ birthed in me by nature cheers for others

Promotion, joy, new blessings, oh!  it smiles for sisters, brothers.

My Lord does know how sometimes woe will creep up in my heart

When hearing of nice things for “them” of which I would take part.

But after Pastor told the church of Charity’s real nature,

Embedded in my mind his words; I would be a sin-hater!

My Lord does also know the trial, the strong and fiercesome battle

Which I can’t win (except through Him) against that Evil Adder.

How grace is new! When I break through (of course by His help only),

I find through song, through prayer, or verse, He’s with me, I’m not lonely.

That love, that hold, gives courage bold; resolve is thereby strengthened.

I rest within the Arms of Him Who never can be weakened.

O Lord! Thy love! I’ve yet to prove the depths, the width, the volume!

As o’er each hill and vale You guide, may I, Thy plant, take bloom.

Sweet Shepherd dear, give me a fear for Thee, yes, for Thee solely.

And prune and work and mold each quirk and make me truly holy.

Our Example

April 23, 2014

Our Example

The Lord of glory, our Savior, Christ,

Came down to earth and gave His life.

Thirty-three years He loved and served

And from His Father’s will ne’er swerved.

Creator God, Incarnate Man,

Humbly stooped to sinful man.

He put no difference between

The wicked wretch or miser-king,

But showed, through acts of grace and love,

The repentant can know God above.

The ones He touched were oft’ outcasts:

He touched unclean and lower-class.

He spoke to women (marginalized),

Looked “social scum” right in the eyes,

And now, in James chapt’ two, verse one,

A call to do the same is shown:

‘Have not the faith of our Glorious Christ

With evil thoughts toward “lesser lives.”’

Since early youth I had the thought:

Why’m I surrounded by the “out-of-touch”?

Why don’t I have the “cooler” friends,

Why stuck, more often, with misfits?

But this was wrong, I see it now,

(I am a misfit, too, myself!),

Those early years, God’s will was worked

To give me love for those with quirks.

All around, the “in’s” crowd out

Ones Christ would use without a doubt.

And who will take the time to show

The love He gave to outcast folks?

Certainly this work is not

The glam’rous type some hope to get.

And messy spots and “hairy” times

Will punctuate the work oft’ times.

But do it, if God’s calling you

Into this business; don’t refuse!

How glorious the things He plans

More beautiful than any man’s!

Trust Christ, the Lord of Glory brave;

Show love to those He came to save.

Prayer for a Brother

April 21, 2014

Prayer for a Brother

Lord, use me to bless now my brother.

Although he may not think of me,

I think of him oft' at Thy prompting;

I pray as You help and cause me.

He seemed so unstable, so shaky,

He seemed to be easily moved.

I pray that you'll help him, mature him,

Show him Your love which I've proved.

Perhaps his upbringing was lacking,

Perhaps his dad never cared

To teach him what "real men" look like

(And who are sometimes quite scarce).

Perhaps his mother neglected

To teach him the way of the Lord,

To stay home with him in his childhood,

To teach him to honor God's Word.

Perhaps he was rarely in Thy house.

Maybe he never was taught

By teacher or pastor's compassion

Of Christ Who our pardon has bought.

And now, he's a man, Lord, and searching,

And swayed by the things of the world,

He seems unsure of the position

He now wants to fill for the Lord.

Oh Lord! What a shame! But I'm hopeful:

I know You are able to do

Exceeding great and abundant

Beyond what we can construe!

Lord, help him, please help him, please help him!

Yes, I know I pray for him less

Than I know that I really ought to,

Help! I need change, I confess.

Make me a better prayer warrior,

Not just for this brother, but all

The ones whom You put on my heart.

With love for them, to You I call.