<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421614" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Importunate Widow</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our Lord, who knows full well<br>The heart of every saint;<br>Invites us, by a parable,<br>To pray and never faint. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He bows his gracious ear,<br>We never plead in vain;<br>Yet we must wait, till he appear,<br>And pray, and pray again. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though unbelief suggest,<br>Why should we longer wait?<br>He bids us never give him rest,<br>But be importunate. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas thus a widow poor,<br>Without support or friend,<br>Beset the unjust judge's door,<br>And gained, at last, her end. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For her he little cared,<br>As little for the laws;<br>Nor God, nor man, did he regard,<br>Yet he espoused her cause. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She urged him day and night,<br>Would no denial take;<br>At length he said, I'll do her right,<br>For my own quiet sake. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And shall not Jesus hear<br>His chosen, when they cry?<br>Yes, though he may awhile forbear,<br>He'll help them from on high. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His nature, truth and love,<br>Engage him on their side;<br>When they are grieved, his bowels move,<br>And can they be denied? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then let us earnest be,<br>And never faint in prayer;<br>He loves our importunity,<br>And makes our cause his care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421614" data-title="The Importunate Widow de John Newton" data-description="Our Lord, who knows full well The heart of every saint; Invites us, by a parable, To pray and never faint. He bows his gracious ear, We never plead in vain; Yet we must wait, till he appear, And pray, and pray again. Though unbelief suggest, W..."></div> </div> </div>

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