"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.

Learn how to get rid of ads on your poetry pages

Email Poem

Vote for this poem

The Corner preacher