A Touch by Grace

-A Tribute for Dr. Jerry O’Neill

There was a day, when the day was a day

And the girl was not pretending

to be good and God-fearing

When she finally came,realizing

that she was so much worse than

she ever thought herself to be

Out of love, she felt love and embracing 

Out of compassion, she sensed herself

not as a second-class citizen, but restored by grace

The grace that Jerry and Ann did share

Overwhelmed with gratitude

She felt sheer joy with no shame

She met her true self in her mid-thirties 

How she recited the Westminster Catechisms under Jerry?

How she learned to teach Children’s Catechism under Ann?

Jerry & Ann, like a couple nourishing a little baby 

The patience, the willingness to befriend a clumsy faithless little thing

Touched the deepest part of a trembling soul

O, if it were not for your grace

I could not have had the chance to die in RPTS

O, if it were not by your urge (Note: Jerry urged a church & certain people to support my tuitions graciously in order for me to come to RPTS)

I could not have met such gracious couple like you both

Thank you Jerry for giving me the second chance 

the chance to live as you have lived - for our triumphant King