Poem on Matthew 13.44-53

God's kingdom's like a hidden treasure

found while doing other things

value? priceless! worth every pleasure

everything he owns he brings

for kingdom joy, the price he paid

not silver, gold. His life down he laid.

God's kingdom's like a merchant searching

here and there for something fine

he just finds one-but it is fetching

thinks to himself, "How can it be mine?"

for kingdom joy, the price he paid

not silver, gold. His life down he laid.

God's kingdom's like a thrown out net

not folded, safely in the craft

but used, thrown, down its let

unwilling for any to catch hell's draft

for kingdom joy, the price he paid

not silver, gold. His life down he laid.