Jenifer,
Great poem!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Jenifer Gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:11 PM
Subject: the thief.


>I was sitting here listening to a song on my computer, and i got to 
>thinking about that thief.  This poem i wrote isn't that great... But 
>nevertheless...
>
> The Thief
>
> I am a thief.
> I've stole, robbed, and didn't care.
> My life is about to end,
> And what do i have to show for it?
>
> I'm hanging on this cross,
> I'm about to die.
> But wait!
> Who is this now?
> Someone else has been hanged next to me.
>
> He is unrecognizable,
> He wears a crown of thorns.
> His face looks like a blooddy pulp.
> What could he have done?
>
> I can't see the sign,
> They've nailed above his head.
> His face is drenched with sweat and tears,
> But still he looks upwards.
>
> Wait... i can read the sign if I look up,
> it says, "king of the Jews."
>
> Is this that Messiah they talk about?
> Is this the one who heals?
> Why is he being hanged between two thieves?
> Between two criminals?
>
> I look at him in bewilderment,
> He's straining to even breathe.
> If this man saves and heals,
> Is there still hope for me?
>
> I want to know,
> so i turn and ask,
> Jesus, I want to know if you'd do me this one thing.
>
> He looks at me,
> with nothing but love in his eyes.
> So i take a deep breath,
> As best I can,
> And i ask him to remember me,
> in His kingdom,
> Remember me.
>
> Then He says,
> these beautiful words to me.
> He says he will remember me,
> And I will even be in paradise with him soon!
>
> I am nothing!
> I'm a thief!
> But I have been saved!
>
> I now can take,
> The mockery of the other thief,
> Because I can finally,
> Rest in the knowing,
> That i am with my Savior!
> And I will be forever in His kingdom!
> Jenifer gilley
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