Let A Shepherd Be Your Guide
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"Today is just another day,
Or that is just what some folks say,
But for me today’s a perfect gem.
That’s because it comes from Him!
By Him I mean the Man Upstairs,
The one who answers all our prayers.
He’s the one who makes our life worthwhile.
I’ve loved Him since I was just a child!"
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About the Book
You will feel the inspiration of Jesus when you read the poems in this book. The poet points to a lifelong love of limericks as the influence behind his poetic endeavors. They are religious, largely inspired by his Christian upbringing. Although his first poem was written at the age of eighty-two, a desire to share his love for Jesus poetically has resulted in a large collection of poems not only about Jesus but also about everyday events in the long life of a dedicated Christian. The poet follows strict rules, so all the poems rhyme and are constructed that they make excellent lyrical and metrical subjects for reading to others.
About the Author
Jacob Nathaniel Shepherd, Jr. was born in 1923 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The family’s membership and participation in activities at First Lutheran Church led him to develop a deep and lasting love for Jesus.
He graduated from Greensboro Senior High School at the age of fifteen. As captain and pilot of a B-17 bomber, he flew twenty-five combat missions over Germany. He received an engineering degree from North Carolina State and retired from Blue Bell, Inc. as a corporate vice-president.
He was happily married for forty-seven years to the mother of his seven children, which ended tragically when she died from lung cancer. He remarried in 2005 to a widow whom he met in a church program. They reside in Winnabow, North Carolina.
His poetic endeavors began in 2005, when he wrote a poem as a stewardship message for his church. This first poem became a hymn and is included in his book under the title, “I Have a Friend in Heaven!”