When it comes to writing, God has been very generous with my creative and prolific scribblings. Often when I read my Bible, certain passages literally become poetry before my eyes. The same thing happens when I read a magazine article or short story. It took me several years to observe this hidden connection, but as I often review my creative writing submissions, I began to see the pattern.
Honestly, the first thing I did after making this connection was to thank God for this undeserving talent He had blessed me with. (I felt like Peter in Matthew 16:16 when he spontaneously declared referring to Jesus, ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living Lord.’ Jesus responded by saying to Peter that flesh and blood had not revealed this information to you, but My Father who is in heaven.)
And flesh and blood had not revealed my writing pattern awareness to me, either! It was being baptized in the Holy Spirit!
So, with your permission, I would like to present to you a secular poem written in 2007 entitled “What Does Jell-O Have To Do With Spies?” It is quit long, so I will publish Part 1 this week and publish Part 2 next week.
"What Does Jell-O Have To Do With Spies"
By S. L. Fowler
When Peter Cooper, a famous inventor
Decided in the year 1845
To patent a colorless gelatin mix
Nobody would eat it, dead or alive.
As the story goes, 5O years passed
Before a carpenter named Pearle B. Wait
Concocted a fruit flavor for the gelatin mix
That made it more palatable to the taste.
An orator, Francis Woodward, by name
Would be the next owner on the scene
Because Mr. Wait had decided in 1899
That for him, selling Jell-O was just not to be.
The reason Mr. Woodward bought the formula
For the powdered tasteless gelatin mix
Was because he had faith in the product
And he also was willing to advertise to make it a hit.
In 1902 he spent $336 to advertise in Ladies' Home Journal
This launched his first campaign in a magazine designed just for women
"Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert," was how the copy read
And the general public agreed and sales zoomed full speed ahead.
Within four years those little boxes of Jell-O began to fly off the shelves
And by 1906 that colorless protein was on everybody's shopping list
Now, Jell-O is derived from animal collagen, bones, tendons and skin
Nevertheless, it had made Mr. Woodward a cool one million.
But that is not the end of the story
There is more to this tale of intrigue
However, you will have to wait until my next reading turn
In order to hear the conclusion of this true-to -life poetry.
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