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"The Corner preacher""
MOST OF MY VERSES CARRY A MESSAGE…. A THOUGHT, OR A CIRCUMSTANCE…SOMETIMES IMAGINED, WHATEVER…
BEING DOWNTOWN ONE DAY...I CAME UPON A SCENE, THAT THIS POEM DEPICTS.
"THE CORNER PREACHER"
HE STOOD ON A DOWNTOWN CORNER
PREACHING…AS PEOPLE WALKED PAST
AS SOON AS THEY DREW NEARER TO HIM
THEY WOULD WALK AWAY REAL FAST
HE EXPLAINED THE PLAN OF SALVATION
LOOKING AT EACH AND EVERYONE
I FELT SUCH COMPASSION FOR THE MAN
AS I WATCHED PEOPLE…. MAKING FUN
IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM
AS THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPED HIM SPEAK
HOPING TO REACH ALL SINNERS
THE SICK…THE HOPELESS…AND THE WEAK
WHAT DID THEY FIND SO AMUSING
THIS GIVING OF HIMSELF…TO SPREAD LOVE
FOLLOWING THE PATH OF CHRISTIANITY
WITH COURAGE FROM GOD ABOVE
THE MAN NEVER DID GET DISCOURAGED
HIS LOVE FOR THE LORD…MADE HIM GLOW
DETERMINED TO LEAD THESE PEOPLE
IN THE WAY…THAT THEY SHOULD GO!
COPYRIGHT © JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA
COLOSSIANS 3:23,24
AND WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO IT HEARTILY
AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT UNTO MAN! KNOWING
THAT OF THE LORD YE SHALL RECEIVE THE
REWARD OF THE INHERITANCE; FOR YE SERVE
THE LORD CHRIST.
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