Love our LORD



I love the Lord who hears my voice,
My pleas for mercy and His grace;
When I am praising I rejoice,
When I have felt His sweet embrace.

Because He has inclined His ear,
I will call as long as I live;
While I continue to revere,
When I confess He will forgive.

The snares of death encompassed me,
The pangs of hell are laying hold;
I anguish about what I see,
Suffering distress to unfold.

Then I call the name of the Lord,
I pray to deliver my soul;
Knowing never to be ignored,
Allowing Him to maintain control.

For gracious is the righteous Lord,
Our God gives abundant grace;
That is why He will be adored,
Nothing can ever take His place.

The Lord will preserve the simple,
He saved me when I was brought low;
And I worship in His temple,
I shall continue to follow.

Return, O my soul, to Your rest,
For the Lord has dealt abundantly;
Knowing that I have done my best,
Not to be done reluctantly.

He delivered my soul from death,
And has stopped the tears from my eyes;
He kept me alive with each breath,
Gave me the wisdom to make me wise.

Walking with Him I won’t stumble,
Here in the land of the living;
Because I am always humble,
For the blessings, He is giving.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer

About this poem

I Thank God for Deliverance Psalm 116:1-9

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Written on April 23, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 22, 2023

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Scheme ABAB XXXX CDCD EFEF EBEB GHGH ICIC JKJK GLGL X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,222
Words 277
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 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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