you and me and the blackthorn tree: verses to the King

Christianity is a roller coaster ride. Whoever says it ain’t, don’t got a ticket. One day, you’re toppling Philistines like ten-pins. Next day, you’re hiding in a cave, surrounded by 400 losers. Like David—and every Christian who ever took Jesus for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, Ron Brackin has his ups and downs, expressed herein in 86 bits of verse.