Bethesda Blessings

orchidee



Tune: Quebec

('Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts')

John 5 v.1-14 part

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John's Gospel Series (5)

 

There by the pool of Bethesda

In Jerusalem, water stir

At seasons, and an angel moved

Them, healing for folk it sure proved

 

For who was first of sick or lame

Or blind, paralysed, whate'er name

If they first stepped then in the pool

They were made whole and restored full

 

Certain man had infirmity

Thirty eight years long, so it be

When Jesus saw him,that he lay

There, then He did unto Him say

 

Said, 'Will you be made whole?' be so

Yet the man's years state He did know

The man said, 'Sir, I have no one

To put me in pool', all is done

 

For another steps in before

Me, then they are healed, it is sure

When angel troubles the waters

Makes it swirl as he then it stirs

 

Jesus said to him, 'Rise and take

Up your bed, and walk', it no fake

Though opposition, sabbath day

But love, compassion, wins alway

 

Jesus did later the man find

In the temple, and true and kind

Said, 'Behold you are whole, and so

Sin no more, lest worse things you know'

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 29th, 2018 01:48
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8888 metre. Some at this pool must have had helpers, or else they would never have got in the pool, e.g. the blind could not see it; the paralysed could not walk to it. The original hymn in the clip is very old, from the year 1150.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments3

  • Laura🌻

    Orchi,

    It was that “angel” that guided the sick and the lame, the blind, and the paralyzed! The sheer power and strength will take us where we want to go!

    Great write!

    ~Laura~

    • orchidee

      Thanks Laura.

    • Tamara Beryl Latham - The Poet

      Orchi, your poem confirms to me Jesus is God, and God also stated, 'Is there nothing to difficult for me.'

      We should expect no less from the Almighty. Great poem. 🙂

      • orchidee

        Thanks Tamara.

      • Goldfinch60

        Super write Orchi.

        I wonder if in the Baptist Church where they Christen using total immersion if anyone has drowned.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Gold. Yet what can be really scary, and a pantomime sometimes, is a baby being 'sprinkled', held over the font. Must be terrifying for the child. In immersion they need to hold their noses when dunked.



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