I am no Shakespeare!

Okay, so I am no poet. By any stretch of the imagination. Though I have always had a love for reading and writing (I used to want to be a journalist and dream about maybe one day writing a book... its a just a dream though), I have very little taste or talent for poetry. But as I was going through files on my computer and trying to find papers to show my dad as an example for formatting purposes (he is studying for his Masters and wasn't familiar with the new Turabian formatting our school recently switched to), I found this "poem" that I had written for my Pentateuch class my sophomore year. It doesn't rhyme, the rhythm is off and the lines have no pattern. But it's my re-telling of the story of Abraham and Isaac. Feel free to laugh or smirk in reading it. I know it's not anything close to Shakespeare. But I thought it was worth sharing. So, without further ado... my "poetry." :)

A Calling, a Promise and a Test  

One day Yahweh called to a man by the name of Abram,

He told him to leave his home and go to a new land.

This man had a great faith,

But he was a little uncertain at first.

The idea of leaving his home, his family,

To go where? To an unknown land?

He questioned what the point was.

But he held to his faith and believed

That Yahweh would not be one to deceive.

This calling from Yahweh was a strange one indeed,

But Abram was one not one to argue and so he agreed.

He packed up his family and said his goodbyes

To the home he had known for all of his life.

He set out to a place he was not sure about,

Relying on Yahweh rather than doubt.

Along with this calling, there came a promise.

This promise included a seed, a land and a blessing.

The seed would be the beginning of a great nation,

Which would lead to a land.

And the blessing would be seen to the end.

This promise was of great importance,

And would one day lead to one

Who was promised in the days of the Garden.

The seed had come in the form of a son.

And then Yahweh asked for the unthinkable to be done.

The day had come for the promise to be tested.

And Yahweh asked for the boy’s life to be given to Him.

Abram responded with faith and led his son to the altar.

And at the very last moment Yahweh called out

To stay the knife in Abram’s hand.

Abram’s faith and lack of doubt passed the test,

And ensured the blessing and promise would be fulfilled.

Because of his faith, he became the father of all nations. 

And it all began with a call and a promise.