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Poetry speaks to our minds and hearts and is meant to communicate more than the sum of its words. It is an apt expression of our walk with the Lord. I encourage you to forward this link to those you love. I pray this poetry leads you into reflection and prayer but I also want to start a conversation. You, too, have something to share with others-not only in person, but also here. Your experience is yours to give away to build up and learn from others in the Body of Christ. Share the word that you hear, the experiences you have lived. We are all part of the New Evangelization.If you also want to contact me by email, feel free: genefirn@yahoo.com

Table of contents: October 7, 2012

Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Cross

maybe
it will always
be this way...
a melody of sadness
softly playing in the
background of my soul
punctuated by
flares of  heartache-
surprise resurrections of the
mournful reality
buried deep within by 
deliberate busyness
accompanied by
tears of loss
traveling all too
familiar paths while
resisting my power
to be controlled-
logic is a fool
vainly seeking to understand
empty explanations
while protests of injustice
echo in silence since
fairness isn't a factor - only
heartbreak is
as well as
anger
frustration
self-pity
all revealing my
disheartened incredulity...
escaping proves fruitless
whatever good that is
promised by faith
remains hidden while
the take feels
greater than the give
when following the
Via Dolorosa
yet...
Love triumphs when
Grace overcomes in the
struggle to go beyond my pain -
a Decision to...
-be Faithful when I'm
 tempted not to be
-Look to Jesus for my
 Comfort and not distractions
-Serve when I
 want to withdraw
-Hope when the darkness
 begins to overshadow me
-Love when I don't feel
 I can right now
-Pray when I
 don't see the point
-Persevere when I
 want to give up -
not letting it
dictate my life nor
always color my vision
the issue is...
-will I Let Him
carry my burden?
-will I Trust Him -
He who trusted while
hanging on a cross for me?
-will I Unite my agony
with His to thus become 
Ours for the sake of
those I love to
contribute to the 
Mystery of Redemption?...
even so...
my loss lingers and
without warning
sorrow is triggered and
the rhapsody returns
beckoning an encore
which proffers a
deeper Communion
keeping my eyes on Jesus and
letting go once more on
a journey towards
Acceptance and Peace
further in
higher up
saying yes-
even without feelings of
reassuring confidence -
grasping for Comfort
from my Surrender towards a
Unity untouched

Reflection/Discussion:
-How does this poem compare with your experience of loss?
-What's similar/different?
-What does Isaiah 53 and Jn 11:35 say about Jesus and our suffering?
-How can the experience of loss draw you closer to the Lord?
-How does uniting our cross with the Lord's cross bring meaning into suffering?
-How do feelings and faith work together?
-What does it mean to let Jesus "carry our sorrows"?