Do Something: a poem by Janice Canerdy

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Don’t Just Pray, Do Something

Why should we help those not our own?

Why should we care when others weep?

Why visit those who sigh alone?

The Lord wants us to feed His sheep.

Why should we offer clothes and meals

to those whose penury cuts deep?

Why strive to know how each one feels?

The Lord wants us to feed His sheep.

When disappointments plague a friend,

when days drag on and shadows creep,

why should we seek to help him mend?

The Lord wants us to feed His sheep.

Though caring words come from the heart,

our faith should help us make the leap.

Those fervent prayers are just a start.

The Lord wants us to feed His sheep.

Previously published in “LIVE” (a Sunday School supplement) by Gospel Publishing House, 2019.

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Janice Canerdy is a retired high school English teacher from Potts Camp, Mississippi.

Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Spirit Fire Review, Light,  Halcyon Days, Westward Quarterly, Parody, Bitterroot, Society of Classical Poets Journal,

The Saturday Evening Post, Penwood Review, Better Than Starbucks, and LIVE (by

Gospel Publishing House). Her new book, ‘From Serious to Slapstick~~Poems, Like Life,’

is available on Amazon. She is an active member of the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc.

September 2025 issue