Lamentation for the Nation, Judith and the General and Fifteen Days with Cephas

By Mary Heyn

Lamentation for the Nation is the Old Testament’s book of Lamentations reworded in poetry and told in a language that may be applied to the USA today. Judith and the General, also in poetry, is the story of Old Testament Judith, a young widow who, with great courage, achieved what the army of Israel could not by enticing the Assyrian enemy general and killing him, causing an unexpected victory for her people. Fifteen Days with Cephas details what may have occurred when the apostle Paul spent fifteen days with the apostle Peter, as mentioned in Galatians 1:1–18.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546264200

Mary Heyn

Mary Heyn is a retired Christian elementary school teacher with a love for words, a love for God and people, and an active imagination. She desires to share her faith with others and prays that lives are transformed and new hope is born.

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LAMENTATION

FOR THE

NATION, JUDITH

AND THE

GENERAL

AND FIFTEEN DAYS WITH

CEPHAS

MARY HEYN

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Published by AuthorHouse  10/26/2018

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CONTENTS

Lamentation For The Nation

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Judith And The General

Fifteen Days With Cephas

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

LAMENTATION FOR THE NATION

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CHAPTER 1

How lonely is this people that was once self-satisfied!

As daddy’s little darling she got all for which she cried.

She now is like a widow all bereft and left alone,

Who was a royal princess seated boldly on the throne.

Long nights she is weeping; tears are falling down her cheeks,

unable to find comfort from the friends that she now seeks.

They have all betrayed her and become her enemies;

Their political correctness is a virulent disease.

She’s now a closed up nation where she finds no place to rest.

Other nations hate her, for she thought herself the best.

Cyber-pathways can’t be trusted- no one comes to meet her.

Her open borders now are closed; no one comes to greet her.

She now remembers blessings that she had so long ago;

That they come from God is what she really needs to know.

Her lawmakers are now like deer that find no food to eat;

They chickened out instead of serving, running to defeat.

Her majestic beauty