Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving... -Colossians 4:2
The judge with whom the widow pled
Would have ignored,
But she implored
Him to avenge her. So he said
That he would heed
And fill her need.
He didn’t have a fear for God,
But intellect
Without respect
For men. He loathed her frequent prod
And anxious cries;
Her tear-filled eyes.
We Christians ought to cry in prayer
Aloud to God
With feet unshod
On holy ground that lays off care:
“Thy will be done”—
Our own we shun;
Unceasingly we ought to pray
With thanks or pleas
On bended knees;
Throughout our labours every day;
At home, abroad—
We talk with God.
A human judges fellow-men—
Our God, His saints,
Although He waits
Upon His timing—how and when.
God’s people must
Submit and trust:
He sees the view we find obscure
And knoweth best,
So let us rest.
God’s ways are high; His methods sure…
With one accord,
Speak to our Lord.
