Tune: Herongate
('It is a thing most wonderful')
Romans 5 v.6-11
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For when we were with strength without
Christ came unto our help, no doubt
At the right time He for us died
For us salvation did provide
We the ungodly, and scarcely
For a righteous person, so be
Will one die, yet maybe one dare
Die for a good person, but rare
But God to us His love commends
Towards us, love that never ends
In that while we were sinners still
Christ died for us, do Father's will
Much more now, being justified
By His blood, we in Him confide
And shall be saved from God's wrath through
Him who saves us from our sins true
Saved by Christ's death, who rose again
The living Saviour of all men* (*mankind)
God's only Son for us atones
For He does save, and He alone
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. At times we - or I myself anyway - may grow commonplace and take salvation for granted. Yet we're reminded of it in Bible verses as above; at Easter season; etc.
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I can hear this one being sung on a Sunday morning in church Orchi. This one fits most any Christian denomination. Well done my friend
Thank you SB.
You are most welcome Orchi
Orchi, this captures the heart of Romans beautifully… the emphasis on Christ acting while we were still without strength carries real weight. The way you frame the passage in hymn form gives it that steady, reflective cadence these words deserve.
Just as I was sitting here nodding thoughtfully…Olive Oyl appeared beside the pew and told me how much your poems mean to her…how they lift her spirits and steady her faith.
At which point Brutus burst through the sanctuary doors looking around suspiciously… “Where’s that glugging Popeye and his saber-brandishing friend Wan Ken? Oi be furious at him!”
Olive immediately screamed out a large, gaseous glug… “Not now, Brutus… we’re having a perfectly lovely theological moment.” And with that the peace of Romans returned…while I swooned from her breath. 🤣 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thank you T. Lol, we have some adventures. And our prayer or thought is 'Lord, give us strength, from.....' We know it, the gluggers! lol. He's done it again - interrupted sensible, thoughtful moments. Trashed them and interfered, with only one thing on his mind. heehee.
Exactly! Every glugging time, I tell you! Every time! And the adventures are getting longer too! The reason? More detail getting pulled in from the Gluggers' News Network. (GNN) 🤣
Will it need to be censored? if so, a line may read: ****** %%%% ) (*@?!} ~~#??!!!! ****----"""
This is cos we have to apply a rule at times of: 'we can't answer that!'
LOL! Exactly. Aka, the WCAT rule. Almost sounds like a radio station for cats... 🤣
We can't possibly translate sentences liek that. Why not? Don't answer that! lol.
LOL!
We were steady, reflective, considering cadences, etc, and various poetic stuff, until............ lol. We know why.
Amen.
Thank you 2.
Nah - get it in writing...
(I just go by the title, I don't read the small print...)
Thank you D. Erm, it is in writing - in Bible verses. Sounds dogmatic (woof! dog-matic, says Fido) near the end, but 'tis true,
...to you. That Bible book - I can't do it; the pages are too thin and flimsy and my fingers are too thick and clumsy. If you could get it carved onto slabs of marble and sent over chapter by chapter I'd make the effort since you've gone to so much trouble.
That'll be The 10 Commandments then - carved in stone tablets. You may call me Sir Moses NS. lol.
You are evading the issue once more orchi - The topic is the Bible. Don't you care about my immortal sole? Thin and worn out it may be but isn't it worthy of salvation? You are definitely the man to do it - you talk a load of cobblers much of the time. And anyway I don't need the whole ten commandments - only one will do, and that's number eleven.
Are you a fish - sole? I've not read about fish needing salvation, though the fish is one symbol of Christianity. I gotta be true to my name, ending in NS, and at least talk some rubbish - Sir Orchi NS, Sir Moses NS, etc.
Yeh - gotta preserve your image, orchi. However seems you have provided me with no access to the Bible (note the careful capitalisation - I don't lack curiosity or respect). Well this is a disappointment, I suppose but let's negotiate the Ten Commandments in a way which will be satisfactory to both of us. Great savings to be made here: The stone (I insist on marble) need only be the eleventh - deeply engraved, lined with gold and framed by slightly frisky angels, please.
Doh! I got a copy of that suspect Bible - by mistake, of course! The one with the glaring error of 'Thou shalt commit adultery'. Hmm.
Ah ha! Pass that one on to me - If it has an 'error' like that it is bound to have other lovely 'mistakes' too.... I suspect it is manufactured with really robust materials as high demand and usage will be anticipated...
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