December 20

Mighty Mercy

Why did He choose a northern maid
From Nazareth, who had to trade
Her Galilee for Judah just
To get Messiah where He must
Be born? A strange and roundabout
Procedure for a God, no doubt,
Who values His efficiency
And rules the world from sea to sea!

Things you might not know about John Piper: he writes in iambic tetrameter and rhyming couplets. Fun poem. And I’ll stop posting verse soon, I promise.

3 Comments

Comments

  1. I think you should write ALL future posts in verse.

    Dan on

  2. I’d try, but finding rhymes to fit a theme
    Might be a little harder than it seems.

    Matthew on

  3. There was once a man in the ‘sphere
    Who quoted verse from far and near.
    It would be sublime
    If all his posts rhymed,
    Or so thought the mad engineer.

    Dan on