Dedicated to my Pastor, Rev. H Leon Ben-Ezra on the occasion of his retirement
def·i·ni·tions
You taught us what those church words meant
Always pointing to the One He sent.
“Believe the gospel. First repent.”
You taught us definitions.
Through many sermons some of us wept
And I confess through some I slept
But even so, I did not forget
All those definitions.
Hope – waiting on God His promises to keep.
Joy is optimism
Glory – His beauty that runs so deep.
You taught us definitions.
“It always begins with prayer!”
You showed us to not despair
For when your life was not so fair
You lived those definitions.
And now it’s off to Illinois you go;
To Peoria and Chicago
But as you leave always know
You’ve left us with true, honorable, just,
pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, praiseworthy
Definitions.
