AFTER THE THREE POINTS-a poem Su, 2-12-17

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith for the Years of Winter

A few Sundays ago, I had to excoriate our pastor, Jimmy Moore, for reversing the standard sermon outline. He had one point and three poems. Preachers have always joked among themselves about a sermon being “three points and a poem.” So…

I went and told it on the mountain

Over the hills and everywhere

But no one seemed to care

Perhaps my feet were not beautiful [1]

I know for sure that they were made of clay

Still I went and told it on the mountain

I told it in the valley, too

And all those places in between

Now my telling’s done

I’m glad I did it

Glad I told it on the mountain

For as I walk that lonesome valley

Walk it by myself, as Jesus did

I can hear my echo sounding

Jesus Christ is born

JRMcF

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1] Isaiah 52:7.