Worship Warning



Let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord;
In knowing of His renown,
Being loved and adored.

Because He is our God,
We are sheep in His pasture;
The sheep to honor and laud,
To guide us through the rapture.

If you are hearing His voice,
Try not to harden your heart;
Feel the gladness and rejoice,
Let the gloominess depart.

When your fathers tempted me,
By putting me to the test;
For they wanted proof to see,
With the results of my quest.

For forty years long I grieved,
Loathing that generation;
But my faith I had believed,
I was a new creation.

We are sheep who went astray,
And meandered aimlessly;
Because not knowing God’s ways,
But feeling ashamedly.

The Lord swore upon His wrath,
They shall not enter His rest;
Aimlessly wandered the path,
Without results of their quest.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer

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Let Us Sing Songs of Praise Psalm 95:6-11

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Written on May 28, 2024

Submitted by rnsherrer on May 27, 2024

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Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI XFXX JGJG C
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 849
Words 187
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Richard Newton Sherrer

 · 1951 · Easton

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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