A MARRIAGE VOW

What makes a marriage last through life
Is there a secret to be found?
Does chance alone fulfill this dream
Or are there mysteries yet unseen?

When couples meet becoming friends
And love is stirred within their hearts          
Their differences become the stage
For both to write a brand new page.

A man's attraction for a wife
Is built with passions from the mind
But in response a woman's need
Is affirmation's tender deed.

As marriage plans fall into place
Two hearts must seek to join as one
But conflict comes if either mate
Build walls with locked-up iron gates.

Love is a triad that God planned
The "eros"man must understand
That "philos" builds a wife's esteem
When Jesus' love is made supreme.

The marriage vow is then complete
As man and wife kneel at His feet
Committed vows communicate
A life-long pledge to validate.
B. Pent

ISRAEL MY GLORY

The lines are drawn upon the Land
The written Word is His command
A curse or blessing does not change
When Yahweh swears by His own Name.

His covenant to Israel's seed
Which clearly marks their title deed
Is given to a people blessed
And pledged upon His righteousness.

Just mark the course of Nation's past
Their rise and fall are clearly cast
Against their treatment of the Jew
Their conquered lands lie in review.

So how can we imagine less?
When our great Nation He has blessed
Betrays its pledge to give a hand
And thinks God's curse will skip our Land?

Just wait till money looses gain
And failing crops and floods bring pain
Utopian dreams will fade away
Because His Glory could not stay.
--B. Pent