An Outcast Filled with Joy

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I am a Jew for Jesus Christ
My next stop now is heaven
My people won’t believe in Him
Until the final seven

I don’t belong with Gentiles
And my brothers all disown me
But God the Father paid the price
And gave His Son to own me

So now the whole world hates me
But I won’t be looking back
I’ll only look for what’s ahead
And suffer each attack

I’ll read His story everyday
And tell it when I can
Though someday I will be like Him
Today I’m just a man
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Written on July 14, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCXC CDXD XEBE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 466
Words 97
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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