Lepers, Four

(Please refer to II Kings, chapters 6 and 7)

1. Lepers, four, outside the gate, /
They do, "Who knows what for?", wait! /
So, they start to think out loud; /
With some common sense endowed... /

2. "Sitting here until we die?... /
We're again, this, doing, why? /
If we went into the city,
We would die, and, 'What a pity'...!

3. If we just kept sitting here, /
We would also die - that's clear; /
So that leaves us with a third /
Option, which may sound absurd; /

4. Let us to the Syrians fall, /
Out of "other options", all! /
If they save us, live ("liv"), we will, /
Or we but die, if they kill. /

5. We may seem a little mad, /
But the worst is not that bad! /
When we, choices, these, from, choose, /
What have we, indeed, to lose!" /

6. Little are these men aware, /
That there is NOBODY THERE! /
Why? Because that's what God wanted, /
And, with spooky noises, haunted; /

7. Syrians were gripped with fear, /
And declared, "We're out of here!" /
All their goods they left behind, /
For/"four" the lepers, poor, to find! /

8. I think they had, hard, to blink, /
Shrug their shoulders, eat and drink! /
It was too good to be true, /
But what else were they to do! /

9. Loads of spoil they took away, /
But, before it, yet, was day; /
They confessed it was their duty, /
To report on all this booty! /

a. Tidings good did they proclaim, /
And I bring to you the same! /
"In the camp, there is no man! /
As approached we, off they ran! /

b. In abundance there is meat! /
All we have to do is EAT! /
In your mind the siege remains, /
And, hi-ther-to, 'hunger pains'; /

c. But get out here and behold! /
Raiment, silver, food, and gold! /
In the city, why, remain, /
And the famine, by, be slain...

d. Are ye hungry, not, enough, /
While, ourselves, out here, we stuff? /
God who promised to provide, /
Opened heaven's windows wide; /

e. Those who, with the king, do doubt, /
Go ahead and check it out! /
Think it's "too good to be true"? /
Why would God - his will - not do! /

f. In-ve-sti-gate - 'send and see'! /
'Flourishing and fat', we'll BE!" /
Let God figure out the "how"! /
Every knee, indeed, WILL BOW! /

(Please refer to Psalm 92:14)

g. (Now, remember the reward, /
Of the unbelieving lord; /
Tasted not what, saw, his eyes, /
Rather, wait on God! be wise!) /

h. (By the way, OF COURSE, I do, /
Think man will be saved too!  /
He just, on the spoil, missed out, /
Be-cause of his silly doubt!) / ;)

j. Let not circumstance deceive! /
But behold - by faith! Believe! /
God, the world, will save! Redeem! /
I, of that day, Daniel, dream! /

k. Though, impossible with man, /
Do that sort of thing, God can! /
And he WILL, the Scriptures say! /
Then, "THY WILL BE DONE!" I PRAY!

(See last part of Isaiah 45)

m. As for those who think not so, /
"Their eyes open! Let them know! /
Help us see with, of faith, eyes, /
And let hope, within us, rise!" /

n. Here is what I know for sure, /
We need longer not endure; /
Evil teachings which we hate, /
It is by no means too late... /

p. For us to be born again, /
Even if we're "older men"! /
God is not a twisted fiend, /
We, this misconception, gleaned; /

q. From what I know now to be, /
Zora-Astrianism -we... /
Are like sheep and went astray, /
And I, to the Father, pray: /

r. "Give us ears to hear - discern, /
Help us, once again, to learn; /
To, the shepherd, GOOD, on, wait, /
And, what's horrible? To hate!"

s. This I pray, in Jesus' name, /
And the nations - "heathen" - claim; /
For I know that it's our task, /
To sim-ply step up and ask! /

(See Psalm 2)

t. Thank thee for the gift of life, /
Set us free from all this strife; /
And wean us of vain traditions, /
This the end of my submissions! / :)

None Desolate

To the tune of "How Marvelous" (a.k.a. "I Stand Amazed in the Presence...")

1. The LORD, I will bless at all... times,/ His praise shall continual...ly.../
Be in my mouth, and the hum...ble,/ Shall see it and happy be!...

Chorus:
None... desolate! None... desolate!... None of them,... that trust in him!...
None... desolate! None... desolate!... Jesus! Save... us from our sins...

2. My soul shall make her bo...ast,/ In... the Lord alone!...
Oh, may I love him the most, Who.../ The most love, to me, hath shown...

3. They looked to him and were li...gthened -/ Their faces were not ashamed,/
We who were dead, did he qui...cken,/ Were ruined, but he reclaimed...

4. Oh! Fear the Lord, ye sa...ints,/ and seek him with your whole heart,/
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,... and/ Salvation he will impart...

5. Then come, ye brokenhearted,/ And look unto him, and live.../
And find him true to his pro...mise,.../ To live, everlasting, give!

P.S. I not live in Moose Jaw, and work for Moose Jaw Truss. ;)