by Paul Mayes Jamar

Many times crowds surrounded
Jesus to touch Him and be astonished.

For power flowed from Christ to them
Healing and pleasing. They wanted more of Him.

His virtue, strength, bravery, and valor,
Moral goodness, temperance, charity, and Godly manner.

All these things and more Christ shared,
Plus healing broken souls showing He cared.

Many wanted to be fed the bread of Heaven as
The five thousand men were with pizzazz.

Miracle after miracle Jesus Christ did perform,
Yet the Jewish leaders demanded proof, they did inform.

God’s Son was not enough to change their wicked souls,
So they murdered Him as the gospel story goes.

All they had to do was believe in Him, needing salvation,
And they would receive it everlasting for their nation.

Yet three days later, Jesus rose from the dead,
And now they settle for His people touring Israel instead.

Oh, what they could have had, just reaching out
And taking on His virtue instead of going without.

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Paul Mayes Jamar was born in Brownwood, Texas, in March 1955. He spent most of his life in Texas, just within the last twenty years he moved to Missouri. He graduated from Angelo State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Mr. Jamar was a third generation radio broadcaster owning several stations in the Austin, Texas area. He has written four books of Christian poetry. He hopes to get published soon. He has been published in Highland Park Poetry’s website with his poem, “Bluebonnet Sonnet,” and “Sunrise,” and in their book on Shoes, with His poem, “Shoe Holes.” Also, soon to be in Central Texas Writers Society’s Anthology on Nature with his poem, “The Big Red Ant.” He has also published over twenty poems with Agape Review. Mr. Jamar lives with his wife Cynthia Jamar, and has three children living elsewhere.