Action of Love



This is what that you have heard,
That you should love each other;
And sharing as in the Word,
With your sister and brother.

We should never be like Cain,
Who had been the evil one;
Causing one another pain,
The murdering that was done.

Wherefore a deed that he slew,
Killing his righteous brother;
His emotions that he knew,
Wanting to hate another.

Marvel not if others hate,
The things that you say and do;
Judgment Day they see their fate,
To eternally construe.

We passed out of death to life,
Because we love the brothers;
Those without love will have strife,
With agony that bothers.

Murderers hates another,
Eternal life will be dark;
Lack of love for your brother,
Hotter where you will embark.

Jesus had laid down His life,
And we should lay down ours;
Regardless of any strife,
Of the hater that cowers.

Whoever has worldly goods,
And sees their brothers in need;
Will be losing livelihoods,
Not following godly creed.

Let us not love from the tongue,
Rather indeed and in truth;
Because what the tongue has flung,
That has been rude and uncouth.

We shall know what is the truth,
Reassuring our heart;
That we learned in our youth,
In the Scriptures we impart.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer

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Love One Another 1 John 3:11-19

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Written on December 20, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EBEB FEFE GHGH BIBI GHGH JKJK LMLM MNMN B
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,222
Words 266
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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