Wrote it 12/9/07 during church. Our pastor is doing a series called "What's in a Name?," about Jehovah. Jehovah Rohi (the Lord is our Shepherd) was last week, Jehovah Tsidkenu (the Lord is our Righteousness) was this week, and next week is Jehovah Nissi (the Lord is our banner). I got bored and was inspired by the sermon (and our Sunday School lesson) to write a poem. This is the result.
The Lord is our shepherd
And our righteousness.
He's our banner
And gives forgiveness.
Give Him everything—
It's what He's here for.
He takes away our sin
And lets us walk through the door.
It's a door of forgiveness,
A door of second chances.
It signals our repentance,
Our freedom from the dances.
Jehovah is our Lord,
The one who lets in the light.
He helps us to ignore the darkness,
To give up that old fight.
When we accept Him,
We're free of our sins.
We're no longer lost sheep;
God helps us to win.
I wrote it (96 words) in probably five minutes. Jehovah means God, and I am a Jehovah's witness, but I'm not. I (try to) witness for God (Jehovah), but sometimes it doesn't work so great.
Saturday, 12/15, on our church trip, I saw a plaque that said something about the religious leaders of the world coming together and deciding we'd live in peace, and I went, "That'd be smart."
So, I'm a witness for Jehovah and not a Jehovah's Witness. That's me. I believe that technically I'm Middle Eastern and that we're all brothers and sisters. I've got semi-odd ideas, but you know, I don't really care what anybody thinks of them. :P
EDIT, 12/13/07: Deleted part of my Author Note-thing because it offended a reviewer. It was my opinion, but since it offended the reviewer so much that their comment made my heart seriuosly sink, I fixed it. First time I was ever positive my heart sank. o.o
