The Box
A box
A square
Four walls
A floor and
A roof
Very confining
It is
Meant to be so
To hold things in
Not let them grow
Or expand or
Be who they are
A purpose like this
Like being set
On a shelf
In a jar
Open your mind
Do not confine
Ideas
About life,
Yourself
To that shelf
Do the same with
God
Let Him expand
In your life
Be Himself
Who He says He is
I will be who I will be
He says
More powerful than
Any we will ever see
Let go
And grow
Your idea of Him
Creator of a vast
Universe
Powerful
Lover of our souls
Will love you better,
(For eternity)
Than anyone you know!
So let go and
See
Let Him be who
He will be
Grow, become
He’s at your side
Let him show you
How to walk, stride,
Your spirit Fly
Into His world!!
Comfortable Christianity?
(No Way)
Comfort, convenience,
Ah, luxury!
Who would not want this
It is a pleasant list
Surely most or all would agree
Nothing wrong with having
A few nice things
These words with a certain truth
Do ring
But. . .
Do not let them be
Your gods
Here is where we must stop
Do not let the blessings
Come first before the
Great Blessor
Christianity is not
For the faint of heart
It has been that way
From its start
A gloriously beautiful Son
In poverty His life was begun
A horrific, tortured death
Was all which He was left
If it did not love Him
It will not love us
For this we must prepare
& give Him all our trust
To see us thru to our end
Sacrifice, pain may follow
We may lose every friend
But Christ sees our struggles
A glorious reward is promised
If we follow thru each dark vale
Spoken of in a Holy Book
Which only truth does tell!
John 15:20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. NIV
II Timothy 3:12 Indeed all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. NIV
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. NIV
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