On the Road To Damascus Part Two
On The Road To Damascus Part Two
By Roy Merritt
(A humorous take on the life of the Apostle Paul)
That was my first journey on my second Peter became a friend
And with him I debated the Gentiles and foreskin
He said they had to cut it because the Jews they surely do
And I asked him why they should if none of them a Jew
Jesus is for one and all and that means everyone
He sits on God’s right hand side and He God’s only son
And so we left in disagreement we left there in time
Me disappointed in Peter who with Gentiles wouldn’t dine
I went where I may then and those who me heard
I converted all for my Jesus as I spread the word
I was even shipwrecked on Malta but little did I care
As long as I had an audience and with them the word to share
I even went to Spain and Britain along my wandering way
That’s why I write in English that’s all I’ve got to say
A plot then sent me to Caesarea two years I was in the pen
Two years in this prison for they wish to do me in
And I eventually petitioned Rome for Roman that I be
I appealed to mighty Caesar and petitioned to be free
And that’s where I wound up that’s where I did go
And lost my head to Caesar because he hated Christians so
And yet my letters to the Christians to those I’d set free
Did the most of any and all to spread Christianity
Pope Clement called me the Herald the Herald of the west
And of all in the Gospel I spread the Gospel best
And so now I room with Jesus, Jesus Christ he’s my mate
Because of all that I did spreading the Christian faith
And to this day I’m celebrated the most significant of overall
I was once Saul of Tarsus but now they call me Paul
Copyright © Roy Merritt | Year Posted 2016
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