Since today is Poetry Sunday, I thought I would take the opportunity to do the next part in Proverbs 30 by writing for you this limerick. The next verses were:
24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
So, I hope you enjoy this limerick I wrote for you which represents the truth that God chooses the weak, the frail, and the broken. He pours forth His wisdom, His righteousness, and His strength into us who know beyond a shadow of doubt that without Him, we are nothing.
The Small Would be Wise
By Effie Darlene Barba
Did the tiny become the known Wise?
As we must now ignore their small size
For they look to the Lord
As His Grace for them toward
Has caused them to strengthen and rise
Watch the ant in his constant pursuit
Never tiring of storing the loot
As he marches up hill
With Determined strong will
As he scampers away with your fruit
And the Hyrax do hide in the rock
Where the leopards attack they can block
They alarm with a shrill
At the side of the hill
Safe within, they their hunter can mock
Watch the locust who have not a King
Yet, together they swarm and they sing
They are bonded as one
As they get their work done
While they eat and they eat, what a fling
Though so tiny with legs oh so small
The spider can cling and can crawl
With its house then to form
And well hid from the storm
Can be found in the most royal hall
So, dear children we must learn from these
That our strength from the Lord we might seize
As we cling to the one
Who has sent His dear Son
We are strong when we fall on my knees.
1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord
© 2014 Effie Darlene Barba
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