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Can There Be

Can there be
And can there be
Some place where 
Sin slides not
Into my thoughts
And interrupts
The good that God has sent.
Some comfortable path
Of undemanding toil,
No steeps, no heaps,
To navigate at night
But easiness
From first to last?

I tried this way and that
But glory not as promised,
Nor comfort as was said
But troubles, 
Disappointments,
Anxious thoughts and fears,
Excluded hopes of peace.

But then - 
But then -
I saw the Cross,
The empty Cross.
I thought at once of Jesus,
The peace he came to bring
Through death and resurrection.
Hallelujah!
He’s my living King!

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Beata Agustin

Date: 8/25/2024 4:17:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your faith in the living King through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.