The Only Forgotten Son ~

He wasn’t what they expected,
or what they thought He should be
and so they rejected . . .
what only their human eyes could see.

They couldn’t discern the promise,
for His appearance wasn’t kingly
and so they rejected . . .
what their hearts saw so unclearly.

They uprooted Him for fear,
He’d take the “Life from their tree”
and so they rejected . . .
the only one who would set them free.

They detested His lowliness,
a mere servant among the masses
and so they rejected . . .
the Messiah that rode in on an ass.

He once was despised by the crowds,
He is loathed by hoards today
now He is the Only Forgotten Son . . .
the world has turned away!

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Isaiah 53:2-3
King James Version

“For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a dry ground:
he hath no form nor comeliness;
and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka

In The Wilderness of My Soul ~

Lord, in the wilderness of my soul,
there are valleys deep and low
and sometimes I wander in them
not sure the direction I should go.

In my doubt, I meet with despair,
and my thoughts turn to giving up
for in my self-seeking efforts
I don’t see grace raised in Your cup.

In the wilderness of my soul,
there are mountains high and wide
and sometimes I tried to climb them
in the smugness of my pride.

In my own unwavering conceit,
with self-sufficiency in my stride
I can’t reach the mountaintop
without the Holy Spirit as my guide.

In the wilderness of my soul,
there is a path I must prepare
and make it a straightway
so that Your ways, I can declare.

There are a lot of thorns and thistles,
plenty of roadblocks and hurdles too
but, my sins I must get up and over
if I want to get close and near to You.

Lord, there’s a wilderness in my soul,
a vast land of empty spaces
and long roads for me to travel on
with plenty of rough places.

But, I know that I’m on the right path,
and in the end  ~  it will lead to You
for, I’m on the road paved with mercy
and Your  grace to help me through!

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Luke 3:4
King James Version

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.”

Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka