Being Taught by Sinners
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I found today as I began to pray
I’ve been deceived again
I’ve been deceived because I believed
What I was told by men
I believed I was being selfish
If I asked the Lord to come quickly
That I only prayed because I was saved
And forgot about the sickly
I believed the lie thinking they would die
If the Lord didn’t wait awhile longer
Forgetting the word that I had heard
The Lord wants to make us stronger
All men are only sinners and I’m just a beginner
In listening to the Lord
So, don’t forget what you have known
And all the things that you were shown
While searching out His Word
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Written on April 04, 2013
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXBXCDC CXEED |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 5 |
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