Author of A Time To Kill
(Jayne’s name for our bathroom) If I had a life To live again And could pick a wife, It would be Jayne. She is the Queen of Loyalty A virtue in value beyond royalty. She was ever there to bear The weight of troubles and trials, And the children she reared To the Right well […]
Shamgar struck 600 with an ox goad; Down went those nasty Philistines. But Israel just couldn’t get it right And did evil again after Ehud died. So the Lord turned ’em over to King Jabin. Had a commander Sisera with 900 men. With chariots they bugged Israel 20 years, But Deborah became Israel’s boss And […]
Yet again those sons of Israel Did evil in the sight of the Lord, So up came the opposition from Moab. Eglon, the king, sent to do his thing, Gathered up some sons Of Ammon and Amalek. Up they went and defeated Israel. Took control of the city with its palm trees. Served that Moabite […]
Scriptures Poetry Lexicon News and my commentary Letters to prisoners Essays to the website A lot of work for a failing brain To put those thoughts to words! Nothin’ to it but to do it, Got to get those inklings down. Might be somethin’ for someone! You can “like” it or not; It’s more than […]
Nearing Jericho and seeing a man Joshua lifted his eyes And saw a sword in his hand “Are you for us or our enemies? I really want to know!” “Neither! I am the captain of the Lord’s hosts!” Said he. And down on his face went Josh. (That angel must have looked ferocious – Enough […]
Joshua stirred up a flurry! Five kings were in a hurry To hide themselves in a cave. “No matter,” said Josh, “We got this! Lock ’em up with some stones.” He came back when the war was over. Said, “Open the cave and bring ’em out!!” Kings of Eglon, Lachish and Jarmuth And even Hebron […]
Gone our fellow house dwellers? Did they fly away? Suddenly we realize Gone they are all day! Kids up and left Found new cribs to live In with husbands, indeed! Oh, they did grow up, Gone and on their own. Got their own telephone Even a whole new address Where they make their own mess […]
A sick nation of perverts Puts a Biden in power! What a wilted flower This nation has become! How absolutely dumb To put a man so plumb Ignorant of Justice At the helm! What the hell! Just sick to stick with Dems Who damn the nation With their false teaching, To the wicked reaching And […]
You gotta lie like Rahab sometimes If you want to please the Lord. There’s a time to tell the truth And a time to lie like a sleuth. That Jericho king wanted her to sing, But Rahab had better things to do. Had the Lord to obey and people to save. In some stalks of […]
Ours is the God Who rides heaven And reaches with those everlasting arms Driving out that enemy before us For a land of grain and wine. “Blessed are you, O Israel!” Nobody ever had it so good: Bread dropped to you out of the sky With God, Himself, your shield, And no need of a […]