Riding religiously so
Every person receives
Voluminous vitality,
Especially the poor.
Render unto God
Everything. Give.
Never be deterred;
Don’t restrict renewal.
Jesus was rejected too,
Ostracized—in the field—for
Hanging with sinners,
Not pious holy-rollers.
Without grace,
Everyone is damned;
Salvation is for all.
Let the Spirit burn
Every heart to
Yearn that assurance.
Poet’s Note:
A Scorched Sunday poem. A part of my Scorched Strays series, an acrostic reflecting John Wesley’s life after the Church barred its doors to him — a preacher driven into the fields, aflame with grace wider than the system could bear.
© 2025 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, November 30, 2025.
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Whether a Christian or not the message of Jesus is what saves, that of giving all to those that need. It is not ours anyway, only on loan so why not share. Well written Tristan
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