The Cross-Bearer

[SlaveToChrist]

The Cross-Bearer

And so you see the cross-bearer as
He struggles along the way.
He seems tired and weather worn,
A stranger to this land.
"How far are you going?"
"All the way!"
is the reply.
"But don't you feel like a fool
With that cross? – Why we drive nice cars and
Wear fine clothes!"
"My Lord carried the cross
He asked his followers to, also" -
"It's not God's Kingdom
That is foolish – it's man's Kingdom …
Why the cross - ?
Better to carry golf clubs, baseball bat,
Tennis rackets, surf boards, and etc !!!"
"oh we glory in the cross
for there our Lord Jesus died for our sins –
and paid with His blood
our eternal debt.
With sport – there is
Pride, honor, applause, fame
And perhaps wealth …
But – the cross-bearer
Is viewed with scorn, shame,
Ridicule… and laughter…
Yet this cannot detour the journey…"
"Well, where do you go with that?"
"unto all the world?"
"And where do you walk?"
"everywhere"
"What kind of weather?"
"all kinds
all the time!"
"But what about pleasure? Don't you ever have fun?"
"My pleasure is the smile of
God, my joy is hearing
A sinner pray, my thrill is
Lifting up the fallen
I love to love"
"What do you get out of this?"
"Nothing"
"Nothing?"
"Nothing
You do not bear the cross to gain
Our Lord Jesus whom the
Cross-bearer follows said
If you save your life you lose it
Our motive is to give
To die with Christ
We count it all as loss
We wash feet!"
"Surely there must be a better and easier way!"
"Oh yes, there is another way
its got a broad gate and wide
is the way and many
there be that go in
but the end is eternal death in hell,
but Christ has called us to the
straight gate and narrow way…"
"But someone might rob or kill you
out in the highways and hedges!"
"For me to live is Christ
and to die is gain…
to be absent from the body
is to be present with the Lord"
"You do need money!"
"Take no thought about tomorrow
what you shall wear, eat…
consider the lilies of the field
they sow nor neither do they reap
yet Solomon and all his glory
is not arrayed as one of them
this our Lord spoke to us."
"I'm interested; could I come along for a while and
try out your cross and walk along and see if I like it?"
"No"
"Jesus said no man who puts his hand on the plow
and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God
You must first sell everything
Give it to the poor
And deny yourself
Take up your cross and follow Jesus…
There is no test or trial.
You must take the leap
There is no turning back
Even in the face of shame,
Terror or death
There is only one way for the cross-bearer -
Following Jesus…!"

 

[Coconut]

A very heartfelt message SlaveToChrist, thank you!

 

[Giggles4God]

Thank you for your poem. Like Coconut said, very heartfelt.

 

[writer_for_God]

YES , very true and heartfelt. lots of meaning and very in depth.

" 'to live is Christ and to die is gain' "

" 'And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple' "

" 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted' "

 

[Legacy]

Ahh, What strength and power I gain from reading your poem, I never get tired of reading about the sacrafices of Jesus and the boldness and confidence we have in him, To know that what we are is rare yet we give it freely only a few will truly take and run with it. We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your brotha in christ