A Story of God's Perseverance (Exodus 13:11-22)

“Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,          Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run,          And do run still, though still I do deplore?                 When thou hast done, thou hast not done,                         For I have more.Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won          Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun          A year or two, but wallow’d in, a score?                 When thou hast done, thou hast not done,                         For I have more.I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun          My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; But swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son          Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;                 And, having done that, thou hast done;                         I fear no more.”—John Donne, “A Hymn to God the Father” A Story of God's Perseverance (Exodus 13:11-22) Rev. Nathan Barczi Exodus 13:11-22