Choose Life.

[feyfalen]

A single thought. A single wish. A moment lost in both. Nothing left to come to mind but memory, played out. A crowd of unpleasant people, pushing, demanding, never ceasing but always being. Nothing left but a crush of ego, pride calling out to shame the stillness. What is peace? An elusive illusion. False reasoning, insanity has more rationing of simple thought. Caught in the stillness of a moment, emotion presses in and strangles what peace would remain. Screams the heart out loud, never yet sounds a word. Silence holds it course in shadows though unheard. An unwanted presence haunts this place. A voice, a sound, a whisper of what was never said. A word unborn and conversation left for dead. Let the pain carve out its place in passion. What reward does bitterness bring into play? A shelling out of our spirit and an emptiness that no thing or no one can fill. Pleasure tempts the moment but passes into meaninglessness. It changes naught but the feel of the moment and then that moment passes with its pleasure into the void that lies within. For there is only this, the eternal choice… Christ or death.
Robert Borders

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Choose Life.

Bobby, are you one of those emo crybabies?

This is a Christian forum.

[feyfalen]

Re: Choose Life.

I am a young christian trying to overcome a lot of issues. I've found that writing poetry is a healthy way of dealing with things. Writing helps me to put my thoughts and feelings together. Of course, poetry is about expression of feelings, thoughts and experience. Some times that means writing about those things that inspire tears. I don't want to assume that your intention was to insult me. Perhaps it was. God will be the judge, as we must all give account. But no, I don't believe that I am a 'crybaby emo.'
I am a writer. And I can see that what I wrote was way over your head and beyond your John Wayne perspective on things.
'Choose Life' is a poem. And what this poem is expressing, is the inner struggle of a soul that has had a number tragedies to deal with, and a world of distraction that tries to drown out the Voice of the Holy Spirit. This also touches on the very real experience we all go through trying to fill the emptiness in our heart with the things of this world, an emptiness only God can truly fill. There are some of us who have had to learn that a commitment to God is more than just feeling happy all the time, but instead learning to remain faithful to God in those times when we feel disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Faith means not relying on emotions. This poem is about the experience of learning to trust God and learning to choose God in spite of circumstances that would challenge my faith.
Perhaps you simply can't relate to my experience of learning to choose God instead of what the world offers, as expressed through poetry.
I understand that this is a Christian forum. But I wonder if you understand what poetry is, as this particular sub-forum was labeled for poetry. And I don't believe that my writing was in any way distasteful or vulgar.
Are you the kind of 'Christian' that should be judged by their fruit?

Galatians 5:19-26
19)Now the works of the flesh are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Choose Life.

Please share your testimony with us, friend. Tell us about your struggles, and how Jesus is helping to guide you.