“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
2 Peter 3:9
Father of Mercy
See his twisted slumber.
Thin and wanton
Time throws him asunder .
Father of Mercy
I hear the howl of hounds(1)
Distant dark dogs
Bellow trumpet- like sounds (2)
Father of mercy
Now Bend down from on high.(3)
a kiss of your spirit
Now a breath from your sigh.
Father of Mercy
Your hounds bear their teeth
While pain and weakness
Snarl back “no relief”
Father of mercy
See how he lacks so much.
HIs image self sculpted(4)
Too fragile to touch.
Father of mercy
Stretch forth your hand .(5)
Send your dogs to shepherd
Chase him to a promised land.
Father of Mercy
See how His window’s dim.(6)
Scales are like curtains
The lid lips like a rim.
Father of mercy
Send troops of every hound.
To Chase him tonight
Chase him whom you found .(7)
Oh Father of mercy
This decay denies your making .(8)
The dust of this bed
Hides the spirit of your taking.
Oh Father of mercy ,
oh Father most kind !!
Will the dogs find that
What eeks eternal is only thine ?
Oh Father of Mercy ,
Oh Father Divine
You promised promises true
To this daughter most small!(9)
You promised Oh Father
To be ruler of all!
I SEE now not this body
BUT your promise most true!
No hounds from heaven !
I will not leave till I see you !
Till I see Jesus buy these caskets
of bones and skin..
Drawing this eeeking soul to Behold the Forever and Amen.
Oh Father of Mercy,
oh Father most kind
Let Jesus Hold my Daddy,
Let Jesus have whats thine !
1. The Hound of Heaven poem
By Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
2. “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last shofar. For the shofar will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.”
1 Corinthians 15:52 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/1co.15.52.wmbbe
3.“He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.”
2 Samuel 22:17 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/2sa.22.17.wmbbe
4.“For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.”
Romans 10:3 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/rom.10.3.wmbbe
5.“with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:”
Psalms 136:12 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/psa.136.12.wmbbe
6.“when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;”
Eccles. 12:3 NIVUK
http://bible.com/113/ecc.12.3.nivuk
7.“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.””
Luke 19:10 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/luk.19.10.wmbbe
8.“This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.”
Yochanan 17:3 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/jhn.17.3.wmbbe
He created me in eternity, before time began, and I will exist for all eternity to come.”
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 24:9 GNBDK
http://bible.com/431/sir.24.9.gnbdk
9.”when you cannot see His hand , Trust His Heart” a brother
“But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.”
Psalms 40:17 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/psa.40.17.wmbbe
10.“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.””
Yochanan 14:3, 6-7 WMBBE
http://bible.com/1207/jhn.14.3,6-7.wmbbe
