If Jesus were to ask me,
right here, right now today
to give up all I have . . .
and with Him, to walk away.
Would I stop and turn,
look back with deep regret
for all that I’d be leaving
would I be sad or upset?
If Jesus were to say to me,
abandon all you truly cherish
would I bid farewell . . .
to all I honestly do relish?
Would I rather hold on to,
all my worldly possessions
or would I willingly let go of
all my earthly obsessions?
If Jesus were to ask me,
to leave with Him today
to give up all I have . . .
what would, to Him, I say?
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“Then Jesus beholding him loved him,
and said unto him, One thing thou lackest:
go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast,
and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and come,
take up the cross, and follow me.”
And he was sad at that saying, and went away
grieved: for he had great possessions.”
King James Version
by Public Domain
Copyright 2015
Deborah ann Belka
