Growth In Gifts And Graces - Epistles of Peter Series - 8

orchidee



Tune: Song 1

('Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round')

2 Peter 1 v.3-8

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We have been given by God's divine power

All that we need to face each passing hour

All things that pertain unto life they be

And unto godliness through the Lord, see

Through knowledge of Him that has called us to

Glory and virtue, by Him strength renew

 

Whereby are given unto us so great

And precious promises, that be our state

That by them we might be sure partakers

Of the divine nature, He [on] us confers

With such graces, and we have now escaped

The world's corruption, lust, it thus landscaped

 

Beside this, give all diligence, and add

To your faith virtue, an to virtue glad

Add knowledge, and to knowledge [add] temperance

To temperance, add quality [of] patience

And to patience, add godliness to bless

To godliness add brotherly kindness

 

To brotherly kindness add charity

For if these things be in you, abound, see

They make you that you thus shall neither be

Barren, unfruitful, but productively

You shall bear fruit in knowledge of the Lord

He Jesus Christ, He e'er the living Word

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 25th, 2018 01:58
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.10.10.10.10.10. metre. A bit wordy today! You can see the author of the original hymn, Orlando Gibbons, in the clip, at 0:40.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • orchidee

    The long-winded title 'Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round of circling planets on their way' is God.
    A bit like calling me: 'The Chairman of the whisky watering, pork pie eating, and sherry drinking committee!'

    • Michael Edwards

      Is it the WWPPEASC and aren't you the Secretary who is responsible for the Grand Ceremony Of The Passing Over The Committee Room Keys? The GCOTPOTCRK

    • Michael Edwards

      Did you write this yesterday?

      • orchidee

        Thanks M.Ooh I dunno, I'm all in a tizzy. I think I wrote it tomorrow! That other committee looks a bit like 'GOTPORK'. We'll have to storm the gates of heaven. St Peter's lost the keys!

        • Michael Edwards

          Oh no .........!

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks STEVE ~ Love the Medieval Hymnology ~ A dying art ~ like ANDY's contribution to day ~ very Middle of the Week & very WEDNESDAY ~ Andy has his "Head in the Clouds" yours is in the GLORY ! Love the POEM "Exceeding Great & Precious Promises !" I love the language of ZION ! There are thousands of PRECIOUS PROMISES in the Bible ! If we both believed and acted on them ~ We would be as happy as a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and it would be contagious ! Thanks for caring & sharing GOD's TRUTH every day ~ AMEN ! Please check MY FAMILY ~ Yours Brother BRIAN

        • orchidee

          Thanks Brian. I mustn't slag off 'modern' songs. They're just as good, rhyming or not. We can't all live in the medieval era for ever! Some modern songs don't lend themselves to poetic rhyming though. Not that everything HAS to rhyme.
          You 'wanna scream it out from every mountain top' as one song goes?! I can imagine it in formal places; 'And now the hymn 'I wanna scream...'!

        • orchidee

          I can't seem to e-mail you or comment on your poems Brian. Have you selected 'No comments' by mistake, at the foot of the 'Edit' page?

        • orchidee

          You got those keys M? You found them?!

        • lasergraph

          I can always count on your reminders of what his grace holds for us. Thank you.

          • orchidee

            Thanks laser.

          • Laura🌻

            Orchi,
            Another fine write and hymn!
            A nice pic of Orlando!

            ~Laura~

            • orchidee

              Thanks Laura. Not Orlando Bloom! lol.

              • Laura🌻

                Haha! I was thinking more like Orlando Furioso! 😊

                • orchidee

                  oohh heehee!

                • Goldfinch60

                  Very good write Orchi.

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks Gold.



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