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
About this poem
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 |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,222 |
Words | 266 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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