At Damascus

Think back to that Passover week. You saw
him---Jesus---on the Temple's porch one day.
You listened, briefly. What He had to say
proved, surely, that He was no Pharisee;
no, not this carpenter from Galilee
(a place that does not much regard the Law).
You did not linger. He was crucified,
soon after that. You, too, were, in a sense,
later, during that first experience
of Christ the Resurrected. Out you cried
"Who are you, Lord?"; then, for the first time, heard
(with open mind) Christ's sacred, saving Word---
beginning when your Savior deigned to call
your name (despite your recent frenzy), "Saul."

 

Starward

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Just Beautiful!

I love most anything written about the apostle Peter. I believe his original name Saul was it not pronounced though Taul? Gorgeous read. I hadn't seen you on in a while to read more of your work but since you came on today to add a poem or two I decided to click on you and am glad I did. I can't find fault with a poet who loves God so much. pssst I love him an awful lot too........... come back soon and share some more, sincerely Melissa Lundeen......................

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Thank you for what is one of

Thank you for what is one of the finest compliments I have received since I first hoped to be a poet, and a Christian poet, at the tender age of seventeen years old. I have been contemplating another poem about Paul, to be set just prior to his execution in the Neronian persecution, but I have not been well enough lately to approach so weighty a subject. I would appreciate a mention in your prayers, and I hope you will revisit my gallery of poems anytime you wish.


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