Tune: Abridge
('Be thou my guardian and my guide')
Luke 11 v.11-13
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If a son (/daughter) shall ask bread of you
A father, what you do?
Will you give him (/her) a stone? No, you
Will give him bread, 'tis true
Or if he ask a fish, will you
Give him a serpent due?*
No, you will give him a fish, he
Then satisfied shall be
Or if he ask an egg, will you
A scorpion then view**
And give it to him? No, you will
Give him what he asks still
If you then, midst evil mankind
Good gifts for children find
And know how to give them, then how
Much more shall God act now
He your heavenly Father be
See, how much more shall He
Give the Holy Spirit to they
Who ask Him in this day
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* Verse 2 - a fish and a serpent, eel-like, can look somewhat the same.
** Verse 3 - an egg and a rolled-up scorpion can look somewhat the same.
- Author: orchidee ( Online)
- Published: January 29th, 2023 03:10
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.6.8.6. format. I have moderated verse 4 a little. I'm not aiming to make the original words mean what I want them to mean. The original is If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children...' I have put 'If you then, midst evil mankind'. So we're still all included in 'mankind' with the description of 'evil'. Of course it does not mean we all go around killing people, nor other obviously evil things.
- Category: Spiritual
- Views: 13
Comments4
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
Wow, intrigued by the scorpion that looks like an egg roll! That would be something to behold but not to hold or to be or to have.
Thanks CB. I read that in a commentary. I was 'evil' as in my author comment above. KP was doing some cooking. She wanted an egg but I gave her a scorpion! I'm horrible to her. lol.
She got her own back. She cooked me a scorpion roll before it got a chance to sting her. Bleeuurgghh! lol.
Another Sunday best dear friend. The fourth stanza, words to live by.!
Thanks Bella.
An inspiring read dear Orci
Thanks Fay.
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