Heavenly Peace*
And what of the boy
who played priest,
who listened to siblings
confess their sins,
who declared neighbors
both man and wife,
who presided over the
passing
of family pets,
and who delivered sermons
to imaginary churches?
What of the boy
who was named
'Heavenly Peace'
who was anything
but
and most oft to blame,
who had a heart after
God's
but strayed far away,
who built up a calice
of sin
that made short work of him,
but whose desire never
left
to tell about God?
So what of that boy
who played priest?
The quick and the short, you see is
He played teacher too
and he taught a few
lessons,
But God had him write poems
with precious little
rhyme,
For you and me
and that's been his
ministry.
Jeremiah 29:11 "I know the plans I have
for you..."
*Jeffrey means 'Heavenly Peace'
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