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Cowboy Poem

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    Posted: 04 October 2009 at 15:39
COWBOY POEM

Jake, the rancher, went one day,
To fix a distant fence.
The wind was cold and gusty,
And the clouds rolled gray and dense.

As he pounded the last staples in,
And gathered tools to go,
The temperature had fallen,
The wind and snow began to blow.

When he finally reached his pickup,
He felt a heavy heart.
From the sound of that ignition
He knew it wouldn't start.

So Jake did what most of us
Would do if we had been there.
He humbly bowed his balding head
And sent aloft a prayer.

As he turned the key for the last time,
He softly cursed his luck;
They found him three days later,
Frozen stiff in that old truck.

Now, Jake had been around in life,
And done his share of roaming;
But, when he saw Heaven, he was shocked
It looked just like Wyoming!

Of all the saints in Heaven,
His favorite was St. Peter.

So, they sat and talked a minute or two,
Or, maybe it was three.
Nobody was keeping score
In Heaven, time is free.

"I've always heard," Jake said to Pete
"That God will answer prayer;
But, one time I asked for help,
Well, he just plain wasn't there."

"Does God answer prayers of some,
And ignore the prayers of others?
That don't seem exactly square
I know all men are brothers."

"Or, does he randomly reply,
Without good rhyme or reason?
Maybe, it's the time of day,
The weather or the season."

"Now I ain't trying to act smart,
It's just the way I feel.
And I was wondering, could you tell me --
What the heck's the deal?!"

Peter listened very patiently,
And, when Jake was done,
There were smiles of recognition,
An d, he said, "So, you're the one!"

"That day your truck, it wouldn't start,
And, you sent your prayer a flying,
You gave us all a real bad time,
With hundreds of us trying."

"A thousand angels rushed,
To check the status of your file.
But, you know, Jake, we hadn't heard
From you in quite a long while."

"And, though all prayers are answered,
And, God ain't got no quota,
He didn't recognize your voice,
And, started a truck in Minnesota!"

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So true!! I think we should be talking to the Lord all day every day! Makes the day seem a little better no matter what the enemy sends our way!

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Originally posted by Montana Maddnes Montana Maddnes wrote:

So true!! I think we should be talking to the Lord all day every day! Makes the day seem a little better no matter what the enemy sends our way!

MM

Amen!

Thanks for sharing the poem, Robert!

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Amen...
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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