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Willem Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139Inverness, FL, USA |
I'm new on this forum group and I'm not sure whether this is the right one to post a poem like this on. Please tell me, is it? Willem WHAT PRICE FREEDOM? Freedom sprung from promises and dreams will lead us to a ghastly no-man's land, where wisdom dies by legal strangulation, and clever plans implode for lack of soul... The records of our failures never fade, the echoes of our lies keep haunting us in our relentless quest for riches which fate may turn to worthless scrap... Such is the heavy price we'll have to pay, until our unsaved self, the enemy within, no longer craves for bondage, disguised as freedom... by Willem [This message has been edited by Willem (edited 01-24-2000).] |
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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA |
Willem, This place is as good as any! It may not be a spiritual poem on the surface--yet you make a strong statement of Truth--that being many things in which we seek freedom are the actual causes of our bondage and subsequent misery-bring just the opposite effect of the thing sought. That has great spiritual meaning & lessons for us. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us, David "Our Creativity points to a Higher Creator--we couldn't have just happened, and for what ability we may possess--to God be the glory." -dlw- |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
I agree with David, Willem. This is an excellent piece that alludes to the pitfalls that can hold us bondage. Welcome to 'Spiritual', Willem! Nice to see you here! Denise |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Willem welcome! This is kind of borderline on spiritual, but one interprets it many ways! I think you've done an excellent job and I would love to keep it here! Hope to see more from you! <*\\\>< Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is GOD. Where there is GOD, there is no need. Hallmark |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
I loved your poem, because, as everyone said, spiritual bondage is the worst kind. Only God, in his passionate love for us, can truly set us on the path to freedom. Welcome and am looking forward to more of your poetry. 02 |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
"The records of our failures never fade, the echoes of our lies keep haunting us" It is my beliefe that our records of our failures are the ones that do fade away (unless those failures were results of lessons taught). If we ask for forgiveness the lies that we told will be forgotten by God and will not haunt us unless we allow them to do so. This is just what I believe =), but I also believe that this is a wonderful poem, and I am glad that I came accross it  Just be glad I'm not your child! *evil grin* |
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Willem Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139Inverness, FL, USA |
Dear Echo, you are so right, saying that God Himself will wipe away our guilt feelings about lies and other failures. I edited my last couplet to show more clearly that by "the heavy price" I meant a l l the bad things described in the previous couplets, and that they would no longer burden us if we would just give up our obsession with the wrong kinds of freedom. Please read it again, and tell me if you like it better now. Soli Deo Gloria! Willem |
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Willem Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139Inverness, FL, USA |
To all of you who welcomed me so warmly on Spritual Forum and wrote such kind things about my first entry on this group, I wish to express my sincere thanks. David, Denise, Dove, Echo, and any others that I hope to virtually and spiritually meet here, you are great people to have as friends! Willem |
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