Tag: poetry

  • Some Thoughts on the Lord’s Day

    Oh what a mysteryThat the Creator of the universeShould humble HimselfAnd incarnate as a man Who can fathom thisMiracle of miraclesThe omnipotent and sovereign GodAs a creature What depths of loveDrove the God-Man to usTo redeem wretched mankindSuch love is eternal Born to a virginChrist lived among usHe was sinless, perfect in every wayHe experienced…

  • Farewell Cruel World

    Oh world of pain and strife Jesus, take me Home from this tragic life I long to be with the Lord And free of this wicked world No more suffering and misery As Christians, this is our destiny So I bid farewell to every family member and friend I have reached the end I’ll soon…

  • Paroxysm

    Sharp painStabbingJolts ofWhite hot sensationSheer agony engulfs meIt is tortureTears swellIn my eyesBut pain can beOur teacherI unite my sufferingWith Christ’sHe endured far moreThan me by Zachary Uram(c) 2022

  • The Gospel Call

    Fervently spread the Gospel to the lostNo matter how heavy the cost For it alone has the power, you seeTo set every captive free A sinless Christ was bornFor us, He faced men’s scorn He died for our sins on the crossAnd entered eternal doss But death had lost its stingLet choirs of angels sing…

  • Lordship Salvation

    If Christ be your SaviorHe must also be your Lord On this crucial pointThere must be one accord If you truly love JesusYou’ll do as He said Following His commandmentsWill not cause dread According to Free Grace proponentsWe can be saved apart from repentance This is Satanic follyWhat wicked arrogance Without following Christ’s LawWe can…

  • The Reformed view of salvation

    Salvation is utterly an act of GodMan has no partGod chose the Elect before the world beganWe were selected, not on merit, from the start The natural man is totally depravedDue to original sin from Adam’s FallWe have hearts of stoneWe can’t respond to a Gospel call Apart from GodMan would lay dead in his…

  • Autumn Reflections

    I meander through the park On a cold autumn day The multi-hued leaves crunch satisfyingly underfoot Reflecting on God’s providence and grace My mood is slightly morose, yet hopeful Squirrels open chestnuts for the long winter ahead Over head a Peregrine falcon soars majestically Eyeing its prey A mouse darts across the open field The…

  • The Full Armor of God

    This poem is about putting on the full armor of God, as delineated in Ephesians 6:10-18. Tis the Devil I fight todayI will battle him without delay Not by my own mightBy God’s power that serpent will seek flight I can do nothing by my powerBut all can be done as Christ’s soldier Don the…

  • Reformed Life

    In the Garden Adam fell into sinIt has since been in us, within Adam was our federal headHe disobeyed what God said When he ate the forbidden fruitMan became rotten at the root Man is without excuseBorn in sin from his earliest youth We were saved from the world’s foundationThis fact causes some consternation We…

  • An Easter Meditation

    I rose todayAnd thanked GodLike any other day But today is special you seeFor it commemorates that day long agoWhen we, in Christ, got the victory Two millennia ago in David’s cityOur Savior Christ was put on trialHe willingly gave up His security He was beaten, scourged, and mockedChrist endured it all out of love…