I cannot live like Jesus
I cannot live like Jesus,
Example though He be -
For He was strong and selfless,
And I am tied to me.
I cannot live like Jesus;
My soul is never free;
My will is strong and stubborn;
My love is weak and wee.
But I have asked my Jesus
To Live His Life in me.I cannot look like Jesus -
More beautiful is He
In soul and eye and stature,
Than sunrise on the sea.
Behold His warm, His tangible,
His dear humanity!
Behold His white perfection
Of purest deity!
Yet Jesus Christ has promised
That we like Him shall be.- Betty Scott Stam
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Tags: betty scott stam, poetry
December 13th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I think this is beautiful. She wrote this at the age of 10. How I would love to be able to talk to her… Here’s a prayer that written in her Bible: (Elisabeth Elliott read it in one of her talks)
Lord,
I give up all my own plans and purposes
All my own desires and hopes
And accept Thy will for my life
I give myself, my life, my will
Utterly to Thee to be Thine forever
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit
Use me as Thou wilt, send me where Thou wilt
And work out Thy whole will in my life
at any cost
now and forever.