Ashamed Not
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Hold no guilt of testimony,
Share suffering, be not ashamed;
Never try to be a phony,
Let the Gospel to be proclaimed.
Who called us to holy calling,
Was not because of our deeds;
The grace of Christ stopped the falling,
Through His Word the One who bleeds.
For it has been manifested,
The appearing of our Savior;
Abolished death as attested,
And looking on us with favor.
God charged me as a poet,
Appointed me as a teacher;
Writing as a daily habit,
For being a rhyming preacher.
This is why we also suffer,
But I will never be ashamed;
Because Jesus is my buffer,
From the Gospel that I have claimed.
I am convinced and do believe,
Able to guard until that day;
No longer will I have to grieve,
The reason I trust and obey.
Hold fast the form of His sound Word,
With faith and love in Jesus Christ;
No matter of what else you heard,
About this earth that has enticed.
By the Holy Spirit who dwells,
Guards your entrusted deposit;
A talent so that one excels,
Keeping you spiritually fit.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You 2 Timothy 1:8–14
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Written on November 24, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on November 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,040 |
Words | 232 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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