Discarding security
For financial risk,
He left His day job;
Became one of the homeless.
Living in danger,
He was indifferent
To society’s verdict:
(He ate with outcasts,
“friend” to every man,
Political activist!),
All the way to point of
death!
Holiness lived out,
As Creation intended;
Supreme harmony,
One with His Father.
“Lo,
I will be with you—always.”
Another
preposterous promise!
How
can He be with me
At
the same time He is with you?
Yet,
--- I believe! --- He promised!
It
may be preposterous, or not,
Yet,
I know He meant it,
Therefore,
I’ll choose to believe Him.
Always compassion driving Him
forward,
He noticed the widow giving
her pennies;
He noticed the deaf, and
healed him in privacy,
Disabusing theology of “Who
has sinned.”
He noticed Zacchaeus, high up
in that tree.
He noticed needs of whoever
passed by!
He was the “party boy,” loving
His food,
Left us His “meal” to honor
His ministry;
The good of this life should
be lived to the fullest.
He noticed how Pharisees,
attending to “law,”
Rejected Sabbath as a day for
healing;
Thought Him but “A man who
ate with sinners.”
This man was unique in all
the world!
Yes, He did get weary, and
needed His rest,
But no matter how tired, His
compassion was shown
Even to serving the dregs of
humanity.
His noted signature is His
compassion.
What makes you think He would
not notice you?
from Declaration of Faith
Rise up, in order to bow down
to God.
Give up, in order to win
everything.
Surrender your life, in order
to gain.
You can lead others by
choosing to serve.
If your concern is to care
for yourself,
Then truly you will be lost
in despair.
But, forgetting self, and
looking to God
Will result in finding your true
“self.”
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