In For the Ride, looking full on Calvary.
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
IN FOR THE RIDE
In this world of
Race for the line
So easy feeling
Less than exceptional.
Less than gripping
To a guy down the street.
Or even to one’s blood.
And Bible pounders speak
Of worth of a Soul.
Of Christ and
The mortgage paid in full.
Sin’s mortgage.
Humiliation’s mortgage.
But that picture
Framed in Aunty’s den.
Shows the Master hanging.
Jeered at while bleeding.
Saying nothing to set it right.
Breathing out His last.
Like the little Temple Lamb.
He urges me.
I am in for the ride.
All of it.
So help me God.
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Written on January 25, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 25, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 25, 2023
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