Priestly People - Epistles of Peter Series - 3

orchidee



Tune: Cruger

('Hail to the Lord's Anointed')

1 Peter 2 v.5-10

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We are a priesthood royal

Christian believers all

A spiritual house we be

With Christ our Head we see

A peculiar people

Purchased by God to be

His own, to serve, to follow

And Him through Christ to know

 

We are a generation

Chosen from each nation

To show forth all His praises

Each voice a song raises

His virtues shown, His graces

His mercies each traces

We called from darkness unto

His marvellous light true

 

Once we were not a people

And not noticeable

But now we are the people

Of God, He did us call

One time we did not mercy

Obtain, did not Christ see

But now we have obtained sure

His mercy evermore

 

So we that house spiritual

A priesthood holy all

Spiritual sacrifices

Offered, each suffices

May they be acceptable

To God, on Him we call

Christ to us a precious stone

We worship Him alone

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 17th, 2018 02:07
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7676 7676 metre, and a River clip, specially for Goldie and others who like rivers!
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    OMG STEVE ~ Love the HYMN ~ very modern ~ love WATERFALLS ~ I am a Waterfall Climber ~ very hairy and very wet !
    Love the POEM ~ Peter has a lovely poetic turn of Phrase ! Royal Priesthood ~ Peculiar People (very apt !) Chosen Generation ~ Precious Stones (as a Scientist I love that one !) Thanks for raising all our Spirits and providing a gentler counter to my "Drums 'n Pipes" Your Friend BRIAN !

    • orchidee

      Thanks Brian. Tsk - OMG?! I don't say that unless in a rant! There is subtler OMD - Oh My Days! Erm, yes 'peculiar' people - aren't we all?! It has 'purchased people' in my Bible margin.

    • Nicholas Browning

      A wonderfully written piece once again my friend. I might add, that is one sexy river. I would go fishing there, I would swim there. Ahh, marvelous I tell you.

      • orchidee

        Thanks Nicholas. Now I shall have to swoon over sexy rivers, while swooning among other sexy things - which I can't tell ya. But why not? Well, I will only make myself swoon even more if I tell ya! heehee.

      • Lorna

        Your river is amazing Orchee - oh to be standing there (in warmer weather) in bare feet.........

        • orchidee

          Thanks Lorna. It any warmer there yet for you?!

          • Lorna

            We had a few teaser days and then yesterday it rained buckets! Buckets!!! But we are definitely heading to the up side........

            • orchidee

              We're supposed to scorch soon in the UK - dunno how long for though!

              • Lorna

                Imagine living in the Sahara - and you get up and say to yourself "well it's going to be hot today and cold tonight" day after day after day after day......... would be a bit of a conversation stopper.

                • orchidee

                  Or we would say 'Same old....' Erm, so what small-talk do they have in the Sahara, if not about the weather?! I would die if too hot.

                  • Lorna

                    Me too! Or too cold.... or too wet........... ha ha.... but too hot definitely not good for our gardens! Oh by the way..... I wish wish wish that you would post us a recording of you singing........ write a poem about "the voice God gave you" and post it! Pleeezzzzz?

                  • 🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽

                    Wow a great spiritual poem, devotional in fine rhyming poetics. Ah yes Jesus a precious stone. You said it with spirit and religious fervour which is getting less nowadays. Kudos I like religious poems.

                    Nice to read from u again, glad to say hi again and Pleez do review, give your thoughts as to my newest poem.

                    • orchidee

                      Thanks zaynab.

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Amazing River Orchi as is of coarse the poem.

                      • orchidee

                        Oh I get it - coarse, as in fishing! heehee. Thanks Gold. Any rivers in 1066?

                        • Goldfinch60

                          Oops the calligraphy has raised its head again of coarse it is course!

                          • orchidee

                            I thought you did it on purpose - coarse fishing! heehee. I saw a huge sigh outside a newsagents saying 'Stationary'. I didn't have the nerve to tell them it should be 'Stationery', and laughed up my sleeve in a 'Tee hee' .That's a bit more sneaky than 'hee hee' so I'm told. Now I'm waffling.....



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