Alas, 'tis true, I have fallen from Grace
for lust and pride have brought me to this state,
and yet, I know Jesus has for me placed,
a path to turn away and sin abate.
I must accept and take my cup and plate;
be grateful of His sacrifice for me.
Only through faith in Him can I be free.
Author notes
I hope this qualifies for your contest.
Written May 25th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- For Christians Only by Mark Spencer.
500 points, ended June 14, 2005, 6 entries
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In the name of God,
the Most Benevolent, the Most Merciful.
"And ask forgiveness from God, He was ever Forgiving. He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain, will succor you with wealth and sons, will assign to you gardens and will assign to you rivers,"
'It comprises four elements: 'Asking for forgiveness with the tongue: to uproot from the body: to resolve not to commit it again and to leave bad company.'
a few qoute by others.
~Blind Piper -
Quite true. Freedom comes with faith. God bless.
Mark -
Thanks Sam. Your comment is very uplifting for me. I appreciate it very much.
Absinthe
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This is beautiful. Very heartfelt and honest. The love we have for our precious Lord doesn't always keep us from fleshly ways...that is why He forgives us each time we seek Him too.
Wonderful work.
Sam
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I'm not religious, but I can apreciate a good poem, with a good message.
=)
-jess -
Not Bad.
Not a bad poem. But the real attraction are the rewiews. Ringling Bros has NOTHING on this bunch! I would suggest that all the "God talk" concerning this work just proves that the fear is there and that it is real. We NEVER give so much time and wordpower (Such as it is) to something that is unimportant. Deus Vida Est. -
Your poem is short but definatly I can see the light here at the end of the tunnel! Great write!
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keep the hope and the faith alive
Amen! This is so true and I would have gotten in far more trouble and done far worse things than I have were it not for that saving Grace that plucked me from the abysmally dark and pointed my feet in the right direction.
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AWESOME!! We are free indeed when we turn to Jesus!! Great job! Bless God!
~tonya~ -
Thought this was wonderfully thought out, short, and to the point, great job, thnaks for sharing you, and please pen on!
-Timothy The Poetic Weaver -
this was good even though im not big with religion i do believe and kno some about the bible but besides the point i just wanted to say great write and it means a lot coming from ttyl
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good
well damn now people now how can it be the only ones that commented was the ones that don't beleive in god?? what the hells up with that now? damn people have some damn faith i thought it was a good poem not bad good write and keep up the goodness good luck in everything and all your writes god bless -
Found your poem inspiring by the way, I do belive in God, but I feel undeserving, I'm such a bad boy. Good job anyhow. Don't listen to idiots trying to put you or your beliefs down. You know who you're.
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Hmm. Seems like you have been getting some bitter comments here, and I hate to add salt to the wound, but this seems a bit choppy. Perhaps you wrote this in the heat of the moment and with great emotion, but the rhymes kind of threw it off. It was a good poem, though. Write on. ~*~SpydurPoet~*~
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I am not a christian but I enjoyed your poem. I think faith in a higher power can make one strong as long as your faith comes from inner knowlege and belief, not external guilt trips and pressure, if you believe this in your heart it is true. "Some things have to be believed to be seen."
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You write about God, but your name is Absinthe? Ironic!
I don't know God, but I do know the green fairy.
Isn't she something? After I wrote a story about the damn drink I was going to change my name to Absinthe, but didn't. -
Eh.
I'm not trying to be satanic, but how can you live for someone who hasn't givin you a life worth living? I'm not trying to make you judge your religion, but it's just my opinion. I know there is some higher force, but I'm just not sure it's god. I've gone through too much pain to believe in him. But maybe someday a miracle will happen and convince me otherwise. Good poem, even though it isn't what I believe.
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