Unbelief Warning



Today, if you hear His voice,
Try not to harden your heart;
Do not rebel but rejoice,
Listen and learn to impart.

For on the day of testing,
Going through the wilderness;
There is no time for resting,
Expecting the Lord to bless.

You have put Him to the test,
Saw His works for forty years;
But you never did your best,
And the Lord had caused you fears.

He was provoked with your mood,
Because of going astray;
You have a poor attitude,
By not knowing of His way.

For He is angered with wrath,
You shall not enter His rest;
Not walking His narrow path,
Onto the promise land quest.

Lest there be evil in you,
With an unbelieving heart;
Misleading what you construe,
From the living God depart.

But exhort one another,
While it is called today;
No deceit to your brother,
Stop sinning that makes you stray.

For we came to share in Christ,
Indeed we hold confidence;
On the One who sacrificed,
Giving us the evidence.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer

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A Rest for the People of God Hebrews 3:7-14

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Written on March 27, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on March 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HDHD IBIB JGJG KLKL J
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 964
Words 216
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 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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