. . . dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
---Colossians 3:3
"O mihi tum quam molliter ossa quiescant.
vestra mios olam si fistula dicat amores!"
---Vergil, The Eclogues, X
Although the world and the flesh gave me birth,
I was called by Christ, the Bright and Morning Star,
to be saved by Grace through Faith; then, He led me,
to the joy of assured salvation.
I will someday depart, Heavenward, to Him:
despite my many flaws and deep perfidy,
Redeemed by God's almighty Son,
To Christ's Heavenly Kingdom, starward, I shall soar,
redeemed to the privilege of being a Christian---
but a most unworthy one,
having returned at the eleventh hour.
I am the most minor of minor internet poets;
my poems witness to the Gospel
and have praised the abundancy of
mercificul Grace,
while singing, in jubilation
the cosmos, the stars, and the elegance of exquisite Love.
Starward, a saved and baptized Christian
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