Analysis of Lydia at Philippi
He’s new to this district
And found us in prayer
All down by the river
Our burdens to share.
We women were needy
We women were dry
We women were hopeful
That God would come by.
And fresh from the harbour
There came this strange man
Who, serving one Jesus,
Extolled a new Plan
Where wrongs were forgiven
Where mercy held sway
Where lives were transported
From night into Day.
We clung to his message
Like bees to the bloom
And Glory, his Saviour
Had plenty of room
For more in His Household
For women like us
Who hungered for right things
Who longed just to trust.
And trust, my reaction
His stories, His Cross
His leaving the grave shrouds
His rising, Death’s loss.
I own now this Jesus
Relinquish my heart
.
Perhaps now my household
Could give Paul his start.
For all Greece is needy
And all Greece is lost
I will serve this Gospel
Whatever the cost.
(Acts 16: 12-15)
Note: This woman might have been “the second witness” to the Apostle Paul confirming that Europe was ready for the Gospel hope and standard. The first witness was the vision of “the Macedonian call”. And then here by the river, this industrious woman, a seller of purple, received the new life and dedicated her prayer and resources to the mission of the envoy extraordinary.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 01101 111010 101011 110010 11001 110010 11111 011010 11111 110110 01011 110010 11011 110010 11011 111110 11101 01011 11011 11011 11011 11111 11111 011010 11011 110011 11011 111110 01011 1 01111 11111 111110 01111 111110 1001 1 1110111010101001010101101101010101001101010100101011101010100100101100101101000010100101010100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,268 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 7, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on June 24, 2017
Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 24, 2023
Modified on April 24, 2023
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