Bartimaeus' Blessings - Mark's Gospel (13)

orchidee



Tune: Galilee

('Jesus calls us o'er the tumult')

Mark 10 v.46-52

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Bartimaeus sat by highway

Begging for some help each day

Then he heard Jesus was passing

By, it in his ears did ring

 

He cried out, Jesus, have mercy

Son of David, come, help me

Would not be quietened or silenced

Still he cried out, persistence

 

Jesus stood still, and commanded

Call the blind man here, He said

Then the crowd said, Take good comfort

The Lord calls you, Him you sought

 

He came to Jesus, who did ask

What will you I do, the task?

Bartimaeus said, Lord, that I

Might receive my sight, my ply (plea)

 

Jesus said, Go your way, for your

Faith has made you whole for sure

And straightway his sight he received

Then followed Christ, he believed

 

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 5th, 2019 03:10
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7. metre. Do you prefer more punctuation, i.e. speech marks? I generally use them, though in some poems I feel it makes poems look messy or too 'busy'.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • orchidee

    Will it cost more for using speech marks?! lol.

  • Lorna

    I love the name Bartimaeus - never heard before...... Your "speech marks" seem just fine to me....... but fines can be expensive!

    • orchidee

      Thanks Lorna. I thing 'Bar' is 'Son of', so his name is 'Son of Timaeus'. Erm, I dunno then if his actual name is Timaeus or what it is.

    • ANGELA & BRIAN

      BARTIMEUS by the wayside begging
      Alone & Blind the World he could not see
      Friendless all his live was ebbing
      Then JESUS came & set the Captive FREE !

      Great Hymn & Poem again UNCLE STEVE ! You lift us up so we can walk on Mountains ! you lift us up SPIRITUALLY every day ~ AMEN
      Thanks again for being YOU ~ day by day by day
      EVERY BLESSING ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡

      • orchidee

        Thanks B&A.

      • Michael Edwards

        Super stuff O

        • orchidee

          Thanks M.

        • Neville

          enjoyed working through this one orchidee, once I got the hang of pronouncing that geezers name.. still not sure if I got it right, but that dont matter.. Oh' as far as punctuation is concerned.. I tend to avoid it for the reasons you refer to above.... Neville

          • orchidee

            Thanks N. Bar-Tee-May-Us I think it is - uses all of 4 syllables!

            • Neville

              Gotcha... might come in handy...

            • Goldfinch60

              Good one Orchi. I always use Speech Marks, it emphasises the words.

              • orchidee

                Thanks Gold. Yes, I see it can be of practical help with the speech marks. Sometimes I don't always use the exact words that people said, in my hymn-poems. I try to keep it accurate, and not put words in people's mouths. An author got fussy about Bibles with Jesus' words in red. He said 'ALL the Bible is Jesus'/God's word'. I think he was being pedantic. I thought 'Well, at least it HELPS having Christ's actual uttered words in person in red.

              • psychofemale

                AMEN!

                • orchidee

                  Thanks P/F.



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