Maureen Lefanue Poet Rhyme

No Selfish Sorrow

No Selfish Sorrow

"  32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.” 
Mark 14:32-34 NIV

Jesus’ tears in Gethsemane
Were not in anticipation of His own suffering,
But rather for those citizens of Jerusalem,
Who preferred their animal offerings.
It was His beloved Jerusalem
That pierced the Savior’s heart.
Not an ounce of Selfish Sorrow,
Did His loving heart impart.

He had come to save Jerusalem;
How could He give her up?
She had been a favored people;
God’s heavenly habitation to erupt.
He saw Jerusalem’s temple
Soon to be in ruins.
He saw her beloved people
Over the face of the earth strewn.

Had Jerusalem heeded the light of heaven,
She’d have been the ‘queen of kingdoms’;
Free in her own God-appointed power,
Not shamed by death and heavy burdens.
Instead of becoming the world’s diadem of glory,
She became a disgrace instead.
Jesus saw her encompassed with armies;
Her inhabitants driven to death and starvation.
Although He became the sacrifice,
She still must face her retribution.

Jesus’ tears were not selfish;
His sorrow was for His people;
The loss of His communion,
With His Father usually ample.
There was not one strain of Selfish Sorrow
In the heart of the Savior.
His heart ached for His people,
With whom He found no favor.

Copyright © Maureen LeFanue 2012
www.maureenlefanue.com

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