Trust in God

TRUST IN GOD

By Gay Brown

NOW OLD KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR
WAS TROUBLED IN HIS DREAMS
HE TOSSED AND TURNED, ALL NIGHT LONG
COULD'NT GET ANY REST IT SEEMED

HE CALLED FOR ALL HIS WISE MEN
THEY CAME AND STOOD IN LINE
SORCERERS,MAGICIANS AND ASTROLOGERS
THERE WERE MEN OF EVERY KIND

BUT NONE COULD TELL OLD NEBBIE
JUST WHAT HE WANTED TO HEAR
SO HE HAD THEM ALL DESTROYED
FROM EVERY CORNER, FAR AND NEAR

NOW DANIEL WENT UNTO THE KING
SAID,"JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME"
'I'LL PRAY TO MY GOD IN HEAVEN
WE'LL FIGURE OUT THIS RHYME

GOD GAVE DANIEL THE MEANING
OF THE DREAMS OLD NEBBIE HAD
OLD NEBUCHADNEZZAR FELL ON HIS FACE
THE TRUTH DID MAKE HIM GLAD

NOW THE KING MADE A GOLDEN IMAGE
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
HE COMMANDED ALL TO WORSHIP IT
DOWN ON THEIR BENDED KNEES

BUT THREE GOOD FRIENDS OF DANIEL
REFUSED AND TOOK A STAND
SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO
WOULD'NT BOW TO ANY MAN

THE KING WAS MAD AS HE COULD BE
SAID,"STOKE THAT FIRE BOYS".
AND THEY CAST THOSE MEN INTO THE MIDST
AMID THE SHOUTS AND ALL THE NOISE

THEN OLD NEBBIE WALKED OVER TO THE OVEN
TO TAKE A PEEK INSIDE
AND MUCH TO HIS AMAZEMENT
SAW FOUR MEN SIDE BY SIDE

THEN OLD KING NEBBIE SPOKE THESE WORDS
"BLESSED IS THE GOD OF THESE'
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
THEY REFUSED TO BOW A KNEE!

NO MATTER HOW HOT THE FIRE
YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND
HE'LL ALWAYS BE CLOSE BY YOUR SIDE
ON THIS YOU CAN DEPEND!

By Gay Brown ©1999

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