Take up my cross to follow Jesus...
Is it coincidence that "cross" is synonym
for a convergence of paths
- a choice of roads.
There is a way that is the worthy choice:
Apathy of choice is loss, a wasted day, a wasted life.
Take up this choice daily - follow the Lord,
deny all burden except Jesus.
The purpose of a lamp is to bear the flame;
The purpose of a life is to bear The Name.
His teachings are the lamp, doing them the light.
Joy is stirring as purpose is found,
Life gained far greater than everything lain down.
The memory of my past shadows, now eclipsed by light
previously unimagined. Questions stand dumbfounded,
and my heart - it stands amazed.
There is joy in my cross,
no cross of suffering -
although rods and pain may mark this path.
My portion is my savior's
my inheritance His home.
It was a cross that brought Him down,
but by my cross I see His throne.
~JLB
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