Caryl Ramsdale, American Poet
OLD TESTAMENT
being at one with your Creator
FORGIVENESS, GRACE AND MERCY
to Sidney G. Skidmore
From the beginning of time
God told man how things would end.
He drew a line—set the limits—
Yet man broke His laws and sinned.
God split the darkness and light,
Created earth and heaven;
He parted the land and sea,
Set time by year and season.
Then God shaped vegetation,
Designed flowers, grass and trees;
He made a male and female,
And when He finished with these—
Anyone could see He planned
Our world to be orderly;
That’s why he defined an edge
And set up His boundary.
Don’t eat from the knowledge tree
God warned the first man and wife;
Practice the Ten Commandments
And you’ll live a better life.
When people gave into sin,
God gave them a second chance;
A blood sacrifice restored their
Relationship at first glance.
God let man live in His world
Of responsibility;
Where peace-loving conduct earns
Forgiveness, grace and mercy.
© Copyright 1999-2007 Caryl Ramsdale. All rights reserved.
Which person has ever kept God's
Ten Commandments unmistakably?
When people of the Old Testament
broke commandments, they appealed
to God for forgiveness through animal
blood sacrifices to compensate for sin.
Newsong Online
September 16, 2004
