Poem: Oh, Dear God, They Fell Asleep

Oh, Dear God, They Fell Asleep

by Russell Kelfer

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Oh, dear God, they fell asleep.
What more need Scripture say?
These, His very closest friends,
Were asked to “watch and pray.”

As wretched clouds of death and doom
Their ugly shadows cast,
The next great act of God’s great love
Would yet now come to pass.

But these, His loved ones, fell asleep,
Devoid of spiritual power.
They heard the Master whisper,
“Could ye not watch one hour?”

But do we have a stone to throw?
What have we to say?
Would we, in twilight’s garden scene,
Been more alert than they?

Do not we, like Peter, James and John,
often fail to see
The depth of Jesus’ call to prayer?
Oh, God, how can that be?

Dear Jesus, as we, by your side
Walk from day to day,
This one cry – we plead with Thee:
“Teach us how to pray!”

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