Poetry on the rejection and isolation Christ must have felt.<\/p>\n
THE ROAD IS TOO ROUGH
\n =====================<\/p>\n
The road is too rough,” I said,
\n “Dear Lord, there are stones that hurt me so.”
\n And He said, “Dear child, I understand,
\n I walked it long ago.”<\/p>\n
“But there’s a cool green path,” I said;
\n “Let me walk there for a time.”
\n “No child,” He gently answered me,
\n “The green path does not climb.”<\/p>\n
“My burden,” I said, “Is far too great,
\n How can I bear it so?”
\n “My child,” He said, “I remember the weight;
\n I carried My cross, you know.”<\/p>\n
But I said, “I wish there were friends with me
\n Who would make my way their own.”
\n “Oh, yes,” He said, “Gethsemane
\n Was hard to bear alone.”<\/p>\n
And so I climb the stony path,
\n Content at last to know
\n That where my Master had not gone,
\n I would not need to go.<\/p>\n
And strangely then I found new friends,
\n The burden grew less sore;
\n And I remember–long ago
\n He went that way before.<\/p>\n
Olga J. Weiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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