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Divine Learning
Bible Poems for Children
by Alexandra Glynn
illustrated by Heli Jurmu
Divine Learning
Bible Poems for Children
Copyright © 2015 Alexandra Glynn. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.
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Manufactured in the U.S.A. 09/17/2015
Mary Magdalena
Scripture reference: Mark 16:1–2, 9
Mary Magdalena
Was a little child
Playing dolls with friends of hers,
Happy, sweet, and mild.
But sin came with destruction
Just like a dragon’s bite,
And Mary Magdalena felt
That something was not right.
Then Jesus, her Redeemer,
Beheld her with his love.
He wanted her to join him
In heaven’s home above.
So Mary Magdalena
Had her sins washed away.
And she saw Christ on Easter
Just at the dawn of day.
The bee and the lollipop
A bumblebee once stung me.
It hurt, and I ran fast.
My mom bandaged me, bound my wound.
I felt better at last.
I stole a piece of candy.
It hurt, just like that bee.
I tried to hide—my heart hurt so!
Something was wrong with me.
My older brother found me
And saw the wrapper there—
He knew I stole the lollipop
I wanted at the fair.
He blessed me and he hugged me,
He took me back to pay.
I paid the man, apologized,
And was so glad that day.
The big mean bully
One day a big mean bully
Called me an ugly name.
I could not look at him at all.
I bowed my head in shame.
How is this good behavior?
Is this what Christians do?
I’m asking you, my Christian friend—
I hope it wasn’t you.
The littlest was Benjamin
Scripture reference: Genesis 44:19–21, 45:14
Of all the sons of Jacob
One was very small,
And Benjamin was this boy’s name,
The youngest of them all.
Joseph, ruler in Egypt,
Said, “Where is Benjamin?”
His brothers had to fetch the boy,
They had to bring him in
And show the boy to Joseph;
Then Joseph wept to see
His younger brother Benjamin,
And they dined happily.
A little girl and a bell
A little girl can choose a bell
And ring it merrily—
Ring ling, ring ling, ring ling, ring ling,
So gladsome and so free.
Why did you choose that pretty bell,
My happy friend so sweet?
If I follow the bell’s pure sound,
What message will I meet?
“Come follow me to Golgotha,”
The little maiden said,
“And you will find my Redeemer
And see that he is dead.”
“And
