Thanks to Eli...

I totally forgot about this blog! Not that anyone but me reads it... which is fine. But since Eli started one in attempt to do new projects and things... I think I should post something on mine to not be lazy and slack about my own. Maybe at some point I'll take a cue from him and post a photo or two, but for now I'm going to post the poem I wrote for Lisa & Tim's wedding gift (to go with a photo)... anyone who read this on Facebook will say "repeaaaaat". Oh well.

I feel a little silly taking any credit for this, or even posting it... I didn't write it alone... I had some divine inspiration... but I just feel like sharing because it's important to me... Lisa & Tim got married this past Saturday, and this was what I wrote to go along with their gift (a photo, what else)... it's about sacrifice, compromise, beauty, living for Christ and living for each other... I think our relationship with Christ is about constantly dying to ourselves and living in unity with Him, no matter how hard it is or how horrible we are at it. And I believe that a marriage relationship is about constantly dying to our selves, our single selves, our selfish selves, our independent selves... and living in unity with our spouses...

Die to Self

I die to self,
I live in You.
I die to self,
Please live in me.

I see beauty in my life.
You see beauty in my death.

There lies beauty in transition,
Deny me, seek You.
Die… to self.

There lies beauty in submission,
Deny me, seek You.
Die… to self.

Every day a new step.
Every step a new day.

I see beauty in my life,
You see beauty in my death.

I praise You for Your life in me,
Allowing me to serve.
I praise You for Your life in me,
Allowing me to die… to self.

Serving one another in this promise,
Serving You in our life together.
We die… to ourselves
And we love.

We see beauty in our life,
You see beauty in our death.
(J. Roszkowski, 2009)

Luke 9:23-24 (NIV): Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it."