to grow with no hardship below?

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Through trouble we must go 

to enter God's good reign.

For this world, you must know

rebells at love, though shame

is quite accepted, and 

is worn as garment to

allow an "understand-

ing" - (cover up, eschew

good com-pan-y that's come

to visit and to walk.

Our fears, though often dumb

at times will speak out, talk.

It's true, we often blame.)

Which makes some problems for

a friendship with the same

ONE's who would help us more.

But if they don't react,

and do absorb pain more,

their help can quite impact

the outcome, & restore

relationships again.

Because of them we live.

So grateful thanks remain

appropriate to give!

But moving forward will

be "carrying a cross"

he warned us; so until

we follow him, we're lost

in our own naked-shame,

repulse of who's around

when we feel it, we blame

or hide from slightest sound

of help, or fun that's come

to walk with us and share,

to lead us through what some

call not dream, but nightmare.

Unless our leader led

us forward killing death

within a self, and bled

out that old life & breath.

And modelled it quite plain-

ly, not himself in need

of taking death to blame,

but just to love in deed!

And all fulfilled, with grace

and style of broken heart-

ed god. I see that face

and kneel. This is my start!

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