A Life Perspective

November 22, 2015 by Richard Newton Sherrer Leave a Comment

The Lord has abandoned me,
Since He seems to have ignored;
My prayer to earnestly plea,
For time I cannot afford.

Can a woman just forget,
Of the child from her womb;
Or would she then start to fret,
For the child in a tomb.

God still remembering all,
Engraved my name in His hand;
Picking me up when I fall,
That I am straight as I stand.

His children will hurry back,
Those destroyed will be decayed;
Beaten for what they did lack,
And because they disobeyed.

Look up, look around and see,
All His children have returned;
Doing things as it should be,
Obedient as they learned.

For the Lord swears as He lives,
They will wear them all like jewels;
For the victory He gives,
The wisdom to beat the fools.

Even though they are destroyed,
And their land is in ruins;
It is crowded where deployed,
The foe has paid for their sins.

The children taken will say,
It is too crowded for me;
Please make room so we can stay,
And then happier to be.

Then question, who fathered them,
Exiled and rejected;
God remembers to condemn,
Someone who has neglected.

C Copyright © 2015 Richard Newton Sherrer

About Richard Newton Sherrer

Richard Sherrer is actually retired from the United States Air Force about 14 years ago. He had lived in Korea while in the Air Force in 1972 and 1973. You might be asking yourself what brought him back to Korea. I guess you could say that it was a lot of love here, for the country, the people and especially for a Christian woman that he met on the Internet. She convinced him to return to be with her. So he came originally to teach English in July of 2000. They were married July of 2001. Now turned poet which is subject that is near and dear to his heart. His love for Christ and God is an inspiration to all who read his poetry.

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