Who Would Have Known?

Jesus touched multitudes healing their infirmities,
Yet they pierced His hands and lower extremities.
The Lord walked in Judaea around the Sea of Galilee,
Preaching glad tidings to all, and set the captives free.
He fulfilled His Father’s will with great amazing feats.
Making a bloody sacrifice to save His wandering sheep.
The Pharisees accused Him falsely of blatant blasphemy.
The Soldiers beat his back in scraps to die at Calvary.
Blood dripped down profusely—poured out as plethora.
He cried aloud and died and then declared Anathema.
His arch enemy, Satan, gloated over Israel’s Holy Son.
But He defeated the Devil and all his million minions.
His Father turned His back to hide His Holy face, as
Christ took away the sinner’s sins utterly in disgrace.
He laid in damp and darkened tomb posthumous,
But Early Sunday morning He revived like Lazarus!
His dumfounded disciples were hiding in disbelief,
Inspecting all His wounds, rejoiced with great relief.
Who would have known He’d rise to total freedom?
And return one day to usher in His Mighty Kingdom.
All because God miraculously proved Himself again.
Trust His Resurrected Son to be your Faithful Friend.

Darrel Venable
2022

O I Feel Fine

Dr. Feel Good has many clients,
Many are led by lustful tyrants.
In a world of pleasure seekers,
Some are lured by fleshy teasers.
They’re corrupted by feeble naughtiness:
Their rejection results in haughtiness.
No God, No Rules, and without hope.
They have their fill with dangerous dope.
Some feel like drinking insatiable booze.
Wake up world—it’s no time to snooze!
Hell has widened to consume us all,
Even self-righteous men forever fall.
O that people would ingratiate Christ,
And be forgiven by His Bloody Sacrifice.
Why measure yourselves by yourselves?
Repent from trusting in your own selves.
It’s Christ who died and paid sins price.
He redeems souls from the final woe,
And women living as hell bound hoes.
This world will inevitably fall apart.
So little time to make things right.
The gospel message still holds light.
I pray we’ll be ready for His return,
When He reigns in judgement firm.
The righteous and sinner will appear,
Only heavenly hearts will be pure,
Or will you live in eternal fear?
Darrel Venable
2022