I Die Daily"-A Poetic Meditation

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deleeme
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since 1999-10-09

Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA

0 posted 2001-04-15 09:31 PM

I take for my text I Corinthians 15:31, wherein Paul makes the intriguing statement, "I die daily."

"I die daily"
Oh how repugnant the thought,
We shudder at just dying once
And in being brought to naught!

"I die daily"
Oddly the Apostle proclaims,
For he said "I'm crucified
With Christ, whom I do claim."

"I die daily"
What does that truly mean?
But that I should deny myself
That in me, Christ may be seen.

"I die daily"
Unto my selfish ways,
To others, to be a blessing-
Thus unto my Maker's Praise.

"I die daily"
Yet in Him I live,
And now my life has purpose
As it to Christ I give.

"I die daily"
From sin, I choose to refrain,
That as a cleansed and sanctified one
In Him I can remain.

"I die daily"
Oh what a precious way,
To be dead to life's vain things
And "hid in Christ" each day.

"I die daily"
That when my life is o'er,
I'll be with Him forever
Alive on Heaven's Shore!

No Better Place do I know
Than where Hearts knit as
one,
For in that grand
experience,
The Better ALL become.

God Bless us All!!!

[This message has been edited by deleeme (edited 04-15-2001).]

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

1 posted 2001-04-16 05:57 AM

David; Truly a profound message of the only way He can fill us with his Love and Grace....nothing can be filled unless first it is emptied...so I pray that this earthen vessel be emptied and so to be filled with all He has to give....Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

2 posted 2001-04-16 07:03 PM

We're making decisions constantly, consciously or unconsciously. To die to our old ways takes keen awareness of our shortcomings as well as Jesus' true ways.
A super writing on a subject I surely need to improve! Thank you.
Rae

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-04-16 08:02 PM

A message we all need to heed, Deleeme. Joyce

Fading Away

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since 2001-03-14

Posts 3131
Lynchburg, Virginia

4 posted 2001-04-16 09:39 PM

Very beautiful poem with a very true message. Thank you so much for sharing. This is what I really needed to read today.

--Marie

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

Songbird
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since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

5 posted 2001-04-17 08:48 PM

Your poem is an inspiration to live a life pleasing to God. Very well written.

Stephanos

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since 2000-07-31

Posts 3618
Statesboro, GA, USA

6 posted 2001-04-18 12:14 PM

I will easily honor this with an "amen!"

I will much less easily honor this with a daily life that daily dies.

(how easier said than done!, but worth it beyond words)

Stephen.

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

7 posted 2001-04-20 05:09 PM

David,

It is amazing how one very profound statement from a great man of God can instill so much enlightenment and thought. "I die daily" are words of much wisdom surely worth the time and meditation that you have given them in your poem. Thank you for sharing your remarkable talent of clarification in God's Word. Bob <><

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