Stable Steps

orchidee



Tune: Laos Deo

('Bright the vision that delighted')

Joshua Chapters 3 & 4 parts

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People nearing to the [River] Jordan*

(*For to enter the Promised Land)

How they get across, each one?

'Tis by the Lord's doing, He would

Part the river, so each could

 

Could go through river on dry ground

Literal steps of faith found

When priests feet the flooded banks broached

They receded when feet touched

 

Touched the edge of waters, and then

Passed over dry ground, them en

And the women and the children

They saw God's wonders again

 

When all safely they were passed o'er

Over on to Israel's shore

When priests feet did the dry ground leave

River-bed it did receive

 

Received again its water flow

Return to its flood did know

Stones of memorial there set

They saw the Lord's good hand yet

 

Shall we go, shall we dare venture?

Lord, afresh faith in us stir

On you focus, take a step new

Give us strength your will to do

 

So by your grace and providing

You to Promised Land us bring

May we there abide, be fruitful

Serve you for your glory all

  • Author: orchidee (Online Online)
  • Published: August 7th, 2019 01:56
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7. metre.
  • Category: Spiritual
  • Views: 72
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Comments5

  • Neville

    there is something about this hymn poem I enjoyed..

    maybe the rhythm, maybe the message, or maybe the way you crafted it.... it doesn't really matter, I did regardless......

    Neville

    • orchidee

      Thanks Neville. Based on a true historical story (so I believe). The River Jordan parting, and earlier in the Red Sea parting. I was there, I expect, being very old. I don't mean in the sense of spooky reincarnations though.

      • Neville

        thanks for the update... I believe reincarnation to be a fact of life..... and death of course .. N

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      • Fay Slimm.

        A very readable account Orchi.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Fay. I might sound like ran out of breath saying or singing this, between some verses. But it seemed that some repetition was useful - the same few words of end of a verse begins the next line of the next verse, in some of the verses.

        • Michael Edwards

          Nice one O - wish I had a pair of unwobbly ladders.

          • orchidee

            Thanks M. Miss Berles got any stables with horses?

            • Michael Edwards

              No but she's in a stable condition.

            • Laura🌻

              Orchi,

              A wonderful write to have read!

              Thank you for sharing!

              ~Laura~

              • orchidee

                Thanks Laura.

              • Goldfinch60

                Good write Orchi.

                • orchidee

                  Thanks Gold.



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