We had some fantastic entries the other day in response to Jack Schaap’s awful doggerel that both were entertaining and informative. Today’s challenge is to compose a bit of verse about any fundamentalist topic you choose. Lay out a limerick, hustle up a haiku, furnish us with free verse.
The poem judged to be best will be awarded with bragging rights and an honorary doctorate in Pulpit Poetry from Old Paths U.
The battle for first will begin
And someone will certainly win
Not I, I know
For I’m too slow
In typing this poem while I grin
[applause!]
Best. First. Ever.
Awwww shucks!!! I’m all embarrassed now 😳
Dude! You killed it! Awesome work! I try to break up the first monotony, but I’ve never in my life been that original! You just killed it!
Very nice.
New rule: “First” doesn’t count unless it comes with an original poem.
+1
Fleas
Adam
Had ’em
A zero grade will be submitted for plagiarism.
A Bible I have, KJV
And I know you will have to agree
It shows you that I
am a fundy type guy
and that’s all its use is to me
I’d rather not talk about grace
Instead I will rip off your face
If I act like a jerk
Perhaps that will work
To keep you morality in place
Love it!
Good job! 🙂
I’m as fundy
as a fundamentalist goes
the cream of the crop
as my worn kjv shows
I’m not espiscopalian, lutheran
or one of those god-awful catholic brethren
I’m a fundamentalist Baptist
I’m going straight to heaven
I have lots of rules.
I am holier than you.
Non-hymns are evil.
Awesome! +1
Haikudos to you! 😛
Hai-cool!
There once was a video of Schaap,
Where his ranting, it just wouldn’t stop.
He got embarrassed one day,
And tried the DMCA,
But grandma just wouldn’t let it drop.
Fundamentalist hiphop
Taking the bus to sunday school,
playing my walkman, wanna be cool,
playing dc talk, gimme jesus freak,
get called up to the front,
the bus man wants to speak.
Don’t you know the pop music they sell…
those african drums will take you to hell?
With all that dancin’
and ravin’
and booty shakin’
no wonder this generation
has Gods heart aching.
With all that shame
and all that scorn
I change the tape
and listen to Korn
nice!!!
Ha!
My Jesus, I love thee;
I know Thou art mine.
But those other Christians –
how could they be Thine?
They wear shorts; they watch TV;
Their music has a beat.
“I’m glad I’m not like them”
In prayer I oft repeat.
I’m glad I am humble,
So holy and pure;
I spent time in witnessing,
Not helping the poor.
When church doors are open,
You’ll always find me there,
My hands always folded,
Not lifted in the air.
I hope I’ve impressed you with
My holy self-denial;
I’ve kept myself separate
From everything that’s vile.
I’m better, I’m holier,
Than others whom I know.
My Jesus, I love me
Because I love you so.
FTW !!
Perfect
There are not words for how perfect this is.
BTW, the “pastor’s wife” in my piece below decidedly does NOT reference you, as you so clearly rock!
Another perfect vote here! PW You Rock.
Excellent…written like someone who has been there.
You have to put this on FB. 😆 😆
I believe that PW is clearly our winner, so let me be the first to say, Congratulations “Doctor” pastor’s wife 😉 Bravo! a most excellent piece.
Perfect!!!
So poignant
My sermons are all about me
I’m the hero of every story
Why talk about Him?
He merely atoned for your sins
But to me belongs all of the glory
So, can it be something that’s actually serious and not written on the fly?
Sure! Why not?
My skirts are long, my knees don’t show
It’s Sunday, off to church I go.
I keep the nursery, teach the kids
And anything else the pastor’s wife bids.
I clean the place on Friday nights
Dust the pews, change the lights
Dust the piano I also play
Cook the meals for special days.
My house is clean, my kids are bright
My banana pudding sets just right.
In nothing do I show a flaw
And praise my husband for it all.
Pastor preaches how it all begins
A sleeveless blouse leads men to sin.
I can do it all, I can bust my ass
But I will always be second class.
Ain’t that the truth. Man.
sing it, sister!! 😉
So true.
Loved the ass part! Sometimes there’s just no substitute!
If you dont hide your body,
you are a jezebel.
oh never mind, you are woman
and still going to hell.
I will hold you under
until you surrender.
I WILL destory you
because of your gender.
Mary is pure evil
because she was a girl.
Keep beating your kids with a smile
says Michael Pearl. 🙂
You can keep your butt cushions. We have the Deb and Stony Bitterness Bench. HAY men!
Okay…serious one (sorry to kill the mood!), written when I was 20 and struggling with the grace of God. Whenever I still struggle, I go back to this and read the last line until I really believe it.
The best way to read it is from punctuation to punctuation, not from line breaks. Just sayin’.
You made a way for sinners to come to You
and be forgiven of their wrongs
and You made a way for Your children, too
to find grace and mercy in the prints in Your palms.
As for my two hands, they seek to serve and to destroy,
building up my brother, then ripping apart
all the work I’ve done, and the very fabric of my
existance, putting out the ember in the dark.
And as I deconstruct, it’s all I can do to
watch my world fall to pieces before my eyes
slow motion, daring me to question God. And yet
by the fall, I am mesmerized.
How will it end, this story of love I am determined
to destroy? I stare ahead
unable to believe that the blood in those veins
still covers my head
or takes the bloody guilt stains from my
slippery fingers. Oh, God!
God! Why have I forsaken You? Why? Do I seek
acceptance in another Beloved?
And yet You still pursue this fleeting stubborn
stupid lamb to the depths of my own conscience seared.
I try to hide myself, ashamed. What do You, Son of God,
have that I deserve? My tears
are black from my own heart’s wickedness. Don’t touch them –
the stains, they bleed so deep…
Someone so pure should never touch something so
vile, debased, unclean.
Still, You say come. Still, You chase. And I,
the object of Your scrutiny,
tremble to receive the mercy You offer, dying
to forget the mutiny
I instilled in my own heart against my Maker,
my Saviour, my only hope in the world.
And, as my world decomposes before me, I have
a choice: to continue to be
an instrument in the burning hand of the Devil, or to
take hold of that holy hand that set me free.
Unworthy am I! Only worth is in Him!
What right have I to claim His inheritance?
I take His hand, and notice there to my weeping astonishment
my birthright, my name, graven in His
hand, declaring His relationship to me, and mine to Him despite
the corruption of my flesh. His flesh makes mine clean.
As He wipes the blood and guilt and filth away, He whispers:
“No tongue – not even yours – can separate you from Me.”
Thanks for posting that.
With tears, Jim
It was written with tears and stays close to my heart. You’re quite welcome.
I can relate to this…thanks for posting.
Now there’s something fundies DON’T like. Beautiful!
Makes me say, “Thank You, Jesus.”
Very powerful and moving. I love the question, “Why have I forsaken you?” that turns Christ’s question into an indictment of myself and my tendancy to flee from Him.
Also I’ve always loved the imagery of my name engraven on His hands, especially knowing that His hands were pierced at Calvary.
Love this! It’s all about Him.
Thank you for writing and for sharing. God bless you!
I believe another Doctorate is in order here. A serious contribution that deserves serious recognition. Thank you for sharing this!
The power of verse is that it moves the heart. My heart is moved closer to Him. Thankyou
Thanks everyone for your responses. They’ve made me both smile and cry. The sense of community and understanding here is so healing and freeing. Thank you.
When I was a child
My church was wild
we ran the aisles
And we worshipped Hyles
No women in pants
No exposition, just rants
We had no shallow CCM
And I’ll Fly Away was our favorite hymn
We loved to hear Phil Kidd preach
Even better, to hear him froth, yell and screech
We had the Lord’s supper once a year
Every week? We’re Baptists, that’s what we do here
Outreach meant Chick tracts and busses
Social programs are for those sorry Methodist cusses
No Christmas trees or Easter bunnies for us as well!
Even on Mother’s Day the mog would preach on hell
We supported missionaries by the score
$5-$10 per month. We were always looking for more!
Off to Fundy U one day I went
Boy! Four years of my life well-spent
I went to the oh-so-needy mission field
Came to your church and for prayer (money) I appealed
Showed my slides and spoke of the lost
whether Catholic, Presby or Pentecost!
Now I sometimes get tracts in the mail
and Saturday morning visits without fail
Now I am happy and free
I wish the fundies would just let me be
I guess they think I am headed for hell
Thanks to Darrell and his blog SFL!
hilarious!!! i laughed so hard
There once was a man full of “knowledge”
Who thought that he’d start him a college
Things were not working out
So he’d snort, scream and shout
School flaws though, he would not acknowledge
{My original final line was ‘And blame it all on the poor students’ but then realized it wasn’t in keeping with a proper limerick}
Good one!
Here is my humble attempt.
I wish that God would love me.
I wear all the right clothes.
I comb my hair, brush my teeth
And don’t wear panty hose.
I wish that God would love me.
The KJB is what I use.
Every day I read it
And quote it to abuse.
I wish that God would love me.
I spend each moment in prayer.
I’m on my knees just to please.
At lunch others stare.
I wish that God would love me.
My heart aches for the lost.
I wish that they would understand
how much this Chick tract cost.
I wish that God would love me.
I’m holy like my God.
Don’t criticize or analyze
Just sit there and nod.
I wish that God would love me.
Anyone can surely see,
That I am not a hypocrite.
Oh sinner! be like me.
This one makes me so sad…and makes me feel like I’m back at BJU!
There is no joy in being a fundy.
I definitely remember that feeling of joylessness and despair while at BJU. And fear! Oh my goodness, the constant fear and guilt and self-hatred. I arrived there with a lot of baggage anyway, but even still…I didn’t fit the mold (wasn’t IFB – gasp!), and I finally started questioning God’s love and grace. It was a miserable 5 months that I’m still working through 2.5 years later.
I don’t have time right now to compose something new, so I’ll pull out my old poem about Jack Hyles’ Shoes. It’s a parody (although you might not recognize it at first) of a Jack Schaap poem about Jack Hyles’ chair (see http://www.baptist-city.com/poems/jack_hyles_chair.htm).
Jack Hyles’ Shoes
I was born in a lowly stable
just a little spotted calf,
I sensed my life would not be long,
I’d never grow to play and laugh.
My mother was an older cow
Who provided milk and cream
But as a male I was born to die
Long life was just a dream.
But still there was some hope for me
That I could do some good
I’d heard about this royal chair
That started as some wood.
Perhaps my hide could be used to wrap
This man’s Scofield KJV
I’d be the sword in the hands
Of fundamentalist royalty
Or maybe I’d be the belt of truth
Wrapped ’round the God man’s waist
I’d hold him up as he preached the Word
and save dear souls with haste.
He’d pull me off for another use
When his children needed spanked
The rod of correction I could be
And later I’d be thanked
I have an even higher dream
If I could be so bold
Could I just be a leather coat
To shelter him from cold.
It’s really just a small request
It could hardly be deemed wrong
To be the garment that is touched
By the many admiring throngs
What’s this I hear you have in store
What is this fate I’ll meet?
I’m going to be a pair of shoes?
You’re going to put me on his feet?
Stacy Adams? Who are they?
Designers of men’s clothes?
How I wish I could just be a coat,
Rather than cover his toes.
Oh please, dear Lord, why must I be
given a fate so bleak
To have to endure smelly socks
seven days a week
But then I heard the Lord’s reply
and I want the world to know
That while the coat would keep him warm
His shoes would make him go.
The miles he trod to seek the lost
he made through snow and rain
and I protected him from the cold
and kept him out of pain.
I walked with him for many miles
I caught his many tears
I also felt his laughs and smiles
As he wore me through the years.
Now I see God’s bigger plan
that He had in store for me
Of all the things God could have done
I became part of history.
I never preached a sermon
I never read the Word
But I was there for every step
As he made God’s voice heard.
Just a humble little calf
born in a stable filled with hay,
What have I done in my life you ask?
This is what I say:
I provided soles that saved some souls
and filled some empty pews;
Without a voice I preached the word
For I became Jack Hyles’ shoes.
and…my final verse that gives away the parody:
My legacy has now been set,
of this you can be sure,
that this poor calf, though long since dead,
can still help spread manure.
Awesome!
Ha ha ha!
Sadly so true- and close to home 🙁
The talent here is amazing!
I’m trying for an acrostic with Fundy and blanking out.
Welcome to Bob Jones U,
God’s place for the chosen few.
Turn off your brain, follow our rules,
It will go easy for you.
Men’s hair must always be short,
Women’s skirts must always be long.
Your music must always be approved,
And CCM is ALWAYS wrong.
We used to not allow blacks,
but the state gave us a lot of flack.
So we changed our rules in 73,
And blacks could enroll freely.
We told the world we didn’t mind,
as long as they dated their own kind.
The IRS said: We actually do mind!
And put us in a huge legal bind.
We fought with tooth and with nail,
Against their satanic allegation.
But our lawyers did miserably fail,
and thus we lost our tax exemption.
Then in the 2000 election,
George Bush made a public appearance.
The media went nuts, with great incoherence,
And labeled us a racist institution.
So off to the Larry King show,
Did the Third very dilligently go.
He tried very hard to defend,
But publically, the rule he did end.
At the news of the great event,
Some board members did get very bent,
And corrected the school’s president.
You can now date anyone you like,
just make sure you have parental consent.
So, welcome to Bob Jones U.
We are so very happy to see you.
Black or White, we won’t demean,
What we really want is your green.
too good!!! wow, that was amazing 😀
(sorry Roberta Flack ;=0)
Where is the love
You said he’d give to me
soon as I was free
will it ever be
Where is the love?
You told me that I shouldn’t love them,
and that I must say goodbye
And if I really didn’t mean it,
I would go to hell when I die.
Where is the love,
you said was mine all mine, till the end of time
was it just a lie?
where is the love?
You said I must have a change of heart
And that I must dress and act just so
don’t leave me hangin on the promises
I’m King James only now you know
Oh how I wish I never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
to fall for someones man made god
all I can do is wait
Where is the love?
The will of God is hidden
You cannot find it ever
Good luck with that
FTW – to the point and sharp. Like a knife
Love the last line – very Seinfeldian.
There once was a preacher named Phelps
Who failed to provide needed helps,
But when Tina came out
He then chose to shout
What sounds like whimpers and yelps.
There once was an old preacher in Pawtucket
Who preached a great sermon about a bucket
The church had no clue
If only they knew
From the Sword of the Lord Preacher Pawtucket
I got worried when I saw Pawtucket. LOL 😈
There once was a preacher named Kidd
Hated the queers, or so he said
Spent all of his days
Ranting about gays
Makes me wonder if he’s got something hid
You’re on a roll today
There once was a preacher named Bob
Who wanted his school to be bigger
He solicited cash from the Klan,
Who said, No problem, man
…just don’t enroll any …….
WOW!!!!!!! ❗
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I’m a fundamentalist and therefore better than you!
See the people in the fundie church
Working so hard each day
They’ve conformed to all the rules
Their “mannagod” they always obey
No time to read the Bible
They’re too busy “winning souls”
When they hear the preacher mention their name
Something inside them glows
No relationship with Jesus Christ
It’s time for next activity
Preaching about standards
It’s just their cup of tea
See preacher get up to preach
See him holler and yell
I think that someday this poor church
Will be featured on SFL
You bought any cereal she wished,
Even after the preacher said, “Switch”
You said, “What’s the harm,
It’s just Lucky Charms”
But now your poor daughter’s a witch.
LOL!!!! Oh my gosh that was funny
LOL!!! very good!
Loved this! My parents were those who refused to let us eat Lucky Charms!
Well my internet is finally back up and with a nod to Van Halen’s album 1984 I give you this fundy Haiku.
Bobby socks, culottes
Lace covered shoulders, makes me
Not hot for teacher
A little Jack Schaap haiku:
Baby girl visits grandma
She let her kiss her boyfriend
I must slap grandma
Ok..not exactly 100% haiku
A cartoon I once loved as a kid
My second grade teacher forbid
Wicked and medieval
Those Smurfs, they’re so evil
With all of the magic they did
There once was a chancellor named Jones
High school seniors he rattled our bones
Not one of us sent
His college a cent
We weren’t gonna be BJ’s drones
+1 😀
Pensacola Christian College
Upheld as a bastion of knowledge
So my principal told
“Their standards uphold”
To me it just sounded like bondage!
Another haiku attempt:
Separate from them,
You didn’t, so I am forced to
Separate from you
Ah, such fundy dichotomy! 😉
To fundy school I wore a hat
A fedora, no less, at that
My teacher took aim
And left me in shame
When she swatted my head like a gnat
She took my fedora away
With no words, but her look did say
On girls it looks dyke
Hypocritical psych
She would say on a guy it looks gay
SO TRUE. Omg.
Off topic. Is your handle “blue eyed rain” or “blue eye drain”? Either one sounds poetic. I am just curious.
I looked at your blog. Never mind my dumb question.
Show a smiling face!
Let no-one know how life hurts.
Look happy for God.
So true about the masks people force others to wear.
I need to proofread.
Line two is missing a “how.”
Would you add it please?
With apologies to S. Baring-Gould and Arthur Sullivan:
— Onward Fundy Soldiers —
Onward, Fundy soldiers, always we’re at war,
With the worldy “christians” we hate and abhor!
Preacher is our master, we’ll do what he says,
For he is the manogawd, and we must obey!
Refrain:
Onward, Fundy soldiers, always we’re at war,
With the worldy “christians” we hate and abhor!
God’s only inspired book, is the K J B.
Any other version, is apostasy!
Greek and Hebrew manuscripts, we’ve no use for them,
They are just too difficult, for our short brain stems.
(Refrain)
Worship shall be somber, gloomy, grim and sad,
Never with a drum beat, that is always bad!
With our white piano, not a wordly band,
Brothers, lift your voices, but never your hands.
(Refrain)
Women shall be silent, reverent and meek,
Just as preacher taught us, never shall they speak!
In perfect submission, never talking back,
Wearing modest dresses, and closed shoes in black.
(Refrain)
Onward Fundy soldiers, fighting day and night,
Only we are holy, only we are right!
We will earnesty contend, argue, fight and yell.
And if you do not agree, you can go to hell!
(Refrain)
Footnote in the hymnal: When singing the phrase:
worldy “christians”
the congregation must always do the “air quotes” with their fingers
Great details here! First of course the focus is so true: the preaching I heard most was not against those who deny the faith but those who exercise Christian liberty in ways the preacher disagreed with.
Some of my favorite lines:
“Any other version is apostasy.”
“Only we are holy; only we are right.”
The detail of the closed shoes was very good! And of course the last line – yup! That’s often the attitude; not broken-heartedness but self-righteous satisfaction at the thought of rebels going to hell.
All heads bowed, eyes closed
Second sermon draws to end
NOBODY look around.
Amendment: NO ONE look around
Preach God’s grace
Live in fear of God’s wrath
Which is God?
Yes! That’s the weird dichotomy!
Make me look
Perfect like the rest of them
Inside I seethe
In honor of my alma mater:
Once a Fundy U president named Clarence
Let a student break the rules with no consequence
“He knocked that girl up
but its okay ’cause he’s my pup
I’ll marry them in secret. What’s the difference?”
I have a problem with this you see
Because the results would be different were it me
But if you’re the sprog
Of a famous fundy mog
The rules have no applicability!
Awesome!
Yes!!!!
For every rule I stoop down to seize
I lose some other off my arms and knees,
And the whole pile is slipping, hair, fun-
Extremes too hard to comprehend at once,
Yet nothing I should care to leave behind.
With all I have to hold with, hand and mind
And heart, if need be, I will do my best
To keep their rules balanced at my breast.
I crouch down to prevent them as they fall
Then sit in the middle of them all.
I had to drop the rules in the road
Never bothered to stack them in a better load.
Total Robert Frost ripoff, but I suck at poetry so that’s all I got.
Culottes galore. What fundy girl
could not want more? They swish and they whirl
right at the knee, as a fundy girl walks
toward chapel in glee, She will not balk,
nor will she spew when Pastor Schaap asks
for no open-toed shoes. She will not be aghast
when told she’s a whore for a hand-holding desire
with a boy named George. She will not aspire
to hold an NIV which Pastor Schaap says
is the enemy. The KJV from 1611
is doubly divine. A true believer is bidden
to say “that surely is thine.” Nor is alcohol to be indulged.
Any good fundy will not feel obliged
to partake of this dandy, for it is evil and cruel
of the devil it is. It’s not a jewel
to be drunk like a whiz. It needs to be thrown
away with no care out, into the unknown
where no one would dare to lay even a finger
on the devil’s glass bottle. No one will anger
as Pastor Schaap throttles a heathen who left
the safety of church for the wide world, bereft
of God’s umbrella or perch of protection, it’s true.
As chapel is ended, as the sermon is through,
fundy girl feels splendid. She loves her good pastor
who looks out for them all. A good wise man, a mentor
She straightens her shawl and exits the door
and her culottes will swish as she soulwins some more.
The Ballad of BULL GIPP (can be sung, or not)
Come and listen to my story about a man named GIPP
A master pulpiteer, who is on an ego trip,
Thundering from the pulpit, bellowing out rules,
guilts folk to the altar with manipulation tools.
Fear that is, works sanctification, to the Baptistery.
Well the first thing you know ol’ BULL’s a preaching clothes,
Women can’t wear pants or shoes that show their toes.
Said that men should wear a suit that really costs a wad,
So that they can show the world how much that they love their god.!
JC Penny’s that is.
Men’s wearehouse, wide ties..
The BULL GIPP EXPRESS!!
The Closing verse:
We would like to thank BULL GIPP for kindly dropping in,
He’s invited back next year to point out all our sin.
You know he’ll come and save our souls he’s the Evangelistic King
There’s liberty to preach here and a large Love Offering…
Second sermons that is. Sing a spell. Take your watch off. Get your wallet out, Haymen?
My profound apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and the whole Clampett Clan
Epic, Don. Epic. Love it!!!
FTW!!! You have my vote! 😀 😆 😛
I sang it!
Hmm. . . As my first post on this wonderful website, I think I will make this one memorable. 😈
(To the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Bad”)
My Bible’s closed,
My watch is off,
Just sit down there,
And don’t you scoff.
I’m the MOg,
Better treat me right.
‘Cause I’m the king
This Sunday night.
Come on, Come on, I’m fundy!
I’ve got my plan,
Gonna rule your life,
Control your kids,
Demean your wife.
I’m telling you,
Just follow me
And you’ll be a
Proper fundy!
Oh I never even study, I just say what I think!
And don’t you even question me, that means your on the brink of being–
Bad! You’re bad. You’re really, really bad!
I mean, you’re bad, you’re bad, you’re really, really bad.
And the pastor has a hotline to gid,
So you just tell me once again, who’s bad?
I’m one with gid,
His special pal,
So never mind
What I did with Sal. . .
I never sin,
Just lecture you
And tell you what
You shouldn’t do.
Oh I never even study, I just say what I think!
And don’t you even question me, that means your on the brink of being–
Bad! You’re bad. You’re really, really bad!
I mean, you’re bad, you’re bad, you’re really, really bad.
And the pastor has a hotline to gid,
So you just tell me once again, who’s bad?
Aaaaarg. . . Memorable all right. . . “You’re” 😡 😆
I like, george like too 😈
Excellent first post!
Who-Hooo!
I am waiving my hanky with this one!
I wrote this
not necessarily what you are looking for, but i guess it fits in my mind.
http://prchrbill.com/2011/04/04/a-poem-here-i-sit/
Following is a poem that my friend, Pat, wrote about a different part of Jack Hyles’ legacy. He posted this on my blog about 3 years ago in response to a post I had made regarding Pastor Hyles’ Stacey Adams shoes.
I was born in a lowly stable
just a little spotted calf,
I sensed my life would not be long,
I’d never grow to play and laugh.
My mother was an older cow
Who provided milk and cream
But as a male I was born to die
Long life was just a dream.
But still there was some hope for me
That I could do some good
I’’d heard about this royal chair
That started as some wood.
Perhaps my hide could be used to wrap
This man’’s Scofield KJV
I’’d be the sword in the hands
Of fundamentalist royalty
Or maybe I’’d be the belt of truth
Wrapped ’round the God man’’s waist
I’’d hold him up as he preached the Word
and save dear souls with haste.
He’d pull me off for another use
When his children needed spanked
The rod of correction I could be
And later I’’d be thanked
I have an even higher dream
If I could be so bold
Could I just be a leather coat
To shelter him from cold.
It’’s really just a small request
It could hardly be deemed wrong
To be the garment that is touched
By the many admiring throngs
What’’s this I hear you have in store
What is this fate I’’ll meet?
I’m going to be a pair of shoes?
You’’re going to put me on his feet?
Stacy Adams? Who are they?
Designers of men’s clothes?
How I wish I could just be a coat,
Rather than cover his toes.
Oh please, dear Lord, why must I be
given a fate so bleak
To have to endure smelly socks
seven days a week
But then I heard the Lord’s reply
and I want the world to know
That while the coat would keep him warm
His shoes would make him go.
The miles he trod to seek the lost
he made through snow and rain
and I protected him from the cold
and kept him out of pain.
I walked with him for many miles
I caught his many tears
I also felt his laughs and smiles
As he wore me through the years.
Now I see God’’s bigger plan
that He had in store for me
Of all the things God could have done
I became part of history.
I never preached a sermon
I never read the Word
But I was there for every step
As he made God’’s voice heard.
Just a humble little calf
born in a stable filled with hay,
What have I done in my life you ask?
This is what I say:
I provided soles that saved some souls
and filled some empty pews;
Without a voice I preached the word
For I became Jack Hyles’ shoes.
~~Pat
Thanks Matthew. Now you’ve outed me.
so sorry–had no idea that you had already posted it! I feel terrible.
No problem Matthew. Sadly, this is my only contribution to the arts. Hope all is well with you.