if you desire to
follow Me
to love Me
above all
take up your cross
embrace your calling
with Passion for
My Way is not for the
faint of heart
nor the slothful self
bound to aggrandizement
I have handed My Body over
that you may gain the
same victory over
death's dominion and
gather the harvest by
Mercy's supplication
your imitation of My sacrifice by
your death to self
gaining eternity's joy
requires handing over your
will for Mine
plans, preferances and
egotistical agendas for
Love's discretion
self's importance and interest to
wash wayward feet in
humble service
it is a daily martyrdom
deliberately chosen
with full
knowledge and consent
it is the Via Dolorosa
ultimately leading to the
empty tomb
robed in Glory
wrapped in My Presence
My Image within
