Another Day At the Jail
A jailer has never two similar days
never knowing what will be next
I should know for that's what I do
way back in the days of no text
There were these two prisoners
two Christians Paul and Silas by name
I was on night shift there one night
looking after them but never the same
Out of the blue they started to sing
there's a green hill real far away
without a city wall the Lord crucified
that message was for me that day
Then the jail doors broke open
I thought they had fled away
as an earthquake hit the place
but that one Paul cried we stay
Fear gripped my heart I need God
salvation came deep inside did not fail
my lights came on shining bright
believing on Jesus right out of jail
So another day at the jail
but what an amazing day
my whole family came to Christ
with God's promise came to stay
(A poem of the prison experience of St Paul & St. Silas, in Acts chapter 16.)
Copyright © Gordon Mcconnell | Year Posted 2016
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