Faith assures us of many things,
That we can expect to occur;
Convinces us of what God brings,
Through prayers that He will confer.
Faith convinces what God creates,
All that we have seen through His Word;
Blessing each one that appreciates,
With laud and honor what they heard.
Faith led Abel to offer God,
A better sacrifice than Cain;
But through jealousy Cain had flawed,
Because His brother, he had slain.
Faith left Enoch to be taken,
Into Heaven without dying;
Ensured God was not forsaken,
For in the light he was eyeing.
Faith had led Noah to listen,
When he got a warning from God;
On making the earth to glisten,
With water and cleansing where flawed.
Faith had led Abraham to live,
As a foreigner far away;
As a father through birth to give,
Many children as come what may.
All of them saw the things to be,
In the distant future rejoiced;
In the promises they could see,
In prayer and praises that they voiced.
They confessed that they were strangers,
Only as pilgrims on this earth;
Because of the hidden dangers,
That Satan causes since their birth.
We all yearn for a better place,
Just like all of these men longed for;
A home in which God shed His grace,
And step on that heavenly shore.
C Copyright © 2015 Richard Newton Sherrer
