My heart is fleeing from the thought of pain,
The knowledge that I face tremendous loss.
"To me to live is Christ- to die is gain"-
The only way to life is THROUGH the cross.
This way obscure- His footsteps are not found,
And yet His blood has left a crimson trail;
"Come, follow Me- this path is holy ground;
I will not suffer faithfulness to fail."
With such a precious Word, what shall I fear?
If death is gain, what have I then to lose?
In either case, my Lord is there to cheer...
I find it best to let the Father choose.
Lord, bind my heart with cords of sacrifice-
The benefits have far outweighed the price.
~:~X~:~
Author notes
Matthew 16:25~
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
I had some trouble getting to sleep last night, mostly because my little studio apartment was a little warmer, and therefore stickier, than normal.
I had written a poem earlier that day, for which I'm truly thankful! I love it when God so inspires me. 
But, as the day progressed, other thoughts were gathered and mulled over, not all of them positive.
And so, while awake from that sticky evening, I decided that God might not want me to go to sleep just yet. I took some of those floating thoughts, and tried to make some poetic sense out of them.
This was the last of the three I wrote that day, before I finally managed to get tired enough to fall asleep.
I had read an amazing devotional earlier that day, one that talked about having Christ and His will as my one single goal. In pondering that, I realized that it would mean letting go of all those other "dreamland hopes." (-see my author's page for an explanation on this... the answer is in one of the poems there!)
And, to be honest, it scared me a little. There are certain dreams I've clinged to, some of them I'm not even sure why, for a long time. And yet, the idea of losing these prompted fear in my heart.
But, PRAISE GOD, His Word just seemed to float through my brain on a whisper sometimes! I remember reading long ago that if I lose my life in Him, I'll SURELY find it. Not only that, but I also remembered "God hath not given us a spirit of fear..." So many promises He sends our way when we're truly seeking Him.
And from there, I really must say that God kept whispering verses and thoughts into my mind, thoughts that are intertwined throughout this piece, exact verses in some cases!
Is He not amazing?
Written May 10th, 2006
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A contest entry
- For Serious Poets with Serious Poetry. by MissPennyLane.
300 points, ended June 19, 2006, 41 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Our Reasonable Service
I like this very much. I like how you tie the passage from Philippians with the one from Matthew. I am currently writing a book of sonnets based on Messianic Prophecy. I find that the sonnet allows me to bridle the many thoughts that gallop through my head and narrow them down to a point where hopefully I can say a lot with very little. After reading "Nothing to Lose," I see that you are very focused on what your trying to say. Your turn in the couplet rounds your sonnet off nicely. "Lord bind my heart with cords of sacrifice- / The benefits have far outweighed the price." Your poem also brings to my mind Romans 12:1: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." Your poem has captured our "reasonable service" wonderfully. mattharris
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I pray it matches it, too.
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I didn't feel this poem fit your contest... I thought about entering it, but again, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing so.
Love you, Freak!
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Very good!! I have been inspired by scripture a lot lately. I really love being able to write from the Bible. I have been writing like an idiot. I redid the poem View. I was critiqued and I wanted to see if I could do it better. So I took that and redid it. If you get a chance, take a peek for me would you. YOu always do great work. But I gotta tell you if you entered this poem in my contest... it would Not win LOL. No offence. LOL Love ya and hope your apartment is sticky again so you write one for my contest. LOL JK.
Because He Lives,
Beka -
This is phenomenal! You're a much more mature poet than I am. My only hope is the spirituality matches it. May it be so.
This form is very tashty. I think I'll have a bite and attempt a sonnet myshelf. This is my latesht interesht.
Shorry. My mouth if full. LOL!
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