The Gift and the Giver

Luke 11:9-13

Request and it shall be given unto you,
Search and you will find in your view;
Knock and the opportunity shall unfold,
For all who do ask will receive as told;
You shall get whatever you are seeking,
In knocking, prepare for a reawakening;
As a father and your son asks for bread,
Would you give him a large rock instead?
If he had asked you for a bass or a trout,
Would giving him a snake make him pout?
If he asked for breakfast of bacon and eggs,
Do you think he'd be happy with frog legs?
For your children about giving a good gift,
Something that a child's spirit will uplift;
How much will our Heaven Father to afford,
Of the Holy Spirit of who asks in accord;
A gift is a direct reflection of the giver,
Whatever you do upstream affects downriver;
Consider others affected as you conceive,
If you desire blessing from God to receive.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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