My soul is sorrowed, even unto death,
the fires within increase with every breath,
can no one stay awake to help me pray?
My friends are weak, though willing, so they say.
This cup has come to me, such bitter drink
that I would pass it on. In faith I think
that evil it contains can end with me.
No glory comes without its misery.
Betrayal and abandonment this night
are as expected; I refuse to fight.
A day of pain, and all my work is done.
I choose the cross - I am my Father's son.
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I think this is one brilliant write on the cross of Jesus!! you portrayed His story very well in deed!!!
I loved it
GBY
Silverbutterfly
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Thank you for your comment and applause, Silverbutterfly. There are times when we need an example to follow - more so in hard times. Blessings to you!
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wow, this is REALLY impressive !!!
I got goosebumps while reading it ...
I have no smarter words right now ... but I guess it doesn't matter ...
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Thank you sweetheart! It helps to have some insight into the situation, to feel what he might have felt.
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well done but Jesus' story was not what I was looking for in this contest; I wanted people's own stories of doubt and suffering. I guess Richard's example did not make that clear enough. Thanks just the same.
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Thanks for your comment Marcy. We all have our Gethsemanes and choices - I hope you get what you are looking for in your contest.
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oh dear, it's so silly being a contest host sometimes, but I'm glad the title inspired this lovely poem.
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"I am with you always, even to the end of the age"...You have made your pain visible and at the same time made us all see that you do not walk through this alone and your choice is to follow...so many references are present here...love one another, bear each others burdens, take up your cross and follow...True beauty. Peace, Rhonda
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WOW...
Haven't read one of yours in awhile, but am I sure glad I read this one!
Beautifully put- until the very end, it was almost as if you yourself were going through this, all up until it said, "I am my Father's son."
Loved it!
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Thanks very much for your wonderful comment - that is what I was hoping for in the reader. Don't we all have grief-filled nights, betrayals and abandonments, friends who disappoint and tough choices? When we compare our troubles with the weight of the whole world, it is a valuable perspective.
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Beautiful Sweetpea.
Love Joan
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Thank you Joan.
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This is so good...All that pain and sorrow and the ultimate choice, loved your use of the personal, also as it brings it to bear more strikingly. You amaze as always and this has a depth and is beautifully written also and I wish you much luck in the contest and I thank you for this,
mi
such pain and then that ending, quite something!
meaningful and beautifully done~
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Thank you miMi! Your comment makes me feel good.
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I had pictured it as Gethsemane before I saw the word below, after hoping it was not a more personal view.
Putting it in personal terms however intensifies the meaning that has become familiar and thus dimmed.
Excellent poem.
Terry
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Nothing untoward, just thinking about this contest. Thank you for your comment and applause, I'm glad my effort was effective!
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Wow
Amazing. I thought it was about a person and I was really enjoying the different metaphors. Then it finished. I see they were not quite metaphors at all! Breathtaking piece. Reminds me then, as I could relate to it, that God can relate to me!
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Thank you Frodofan! God was human, according to my faith, so he enters fully into all my emotions and problems. It is a great comfort to be understood.
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How very difficult
to know the private thoughts of Our Lord at the time of Passion. Your poem is doctrinally comfortable and scripturally sound. Psychologically, I could not begin to imagine the torment, the conflict, the facing of a life of doing good with the imminence of an agonizing death.
Christ knew that mankind was potentially good: les hommes sont naturellement bon et la societe qui les a corrompus.
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Thank you Ron, your comment is very encouraging. As the contest has asked, I reflected on my own feelings and correlated them with Matthew 26. My sacrifice was very small.
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