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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 85.
"They have not chosen me," he said,
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 1 of 1, added on May 4th, 2007 at 3:38 PM.
[MY PERSONAL INTERPRETATION IS IN BRACKETS BELOW EACH LINE]
They have not chosen me," he said,
"But I have chosen them!"
[JESUS' FOLLOWERS DO NOT CHOSE HIM FIRST; PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS BECAUSE HE FIRST CHOSES & EMPOWERS THEM.]
Brave—Broken hearted statement—
Uttered in Bethlehem!
[A Brave Statement Because: JESUS WAS VERY BOLD TO TELL HIS FOLLOWERS THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIS CHOOSING THEM, HIS DISCIPLES WOULD NEVER CHOOSING TO FOLLOW HIM.]
[A Broken-Hearted Statement Because: JESUS WAS BORN, EXPRESSING HIS COMPASSIONATE HEART, AS HE CAME TO BETHLEHEM TO LATER BE BROKEN FOR OUR SINS AT HIS CRUCIFIXION.]
I could not have told it,
But since Jesus dared—
Sovereign! Know a Daisy
They dishonor shared!
[EMILY DICKINSON COULD NOT HAVE SHARED THE STORY OF JESUS WITH US, BUT SINCE HER SOVEREIGN LORD JESUS DID, SHE WANTS US TO KNOW THIS: THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH WHO SHARED LIFE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST AND THEN REJECTED HIM -- DISHONORED A LOVELY FLOWER. IT WAS A DAISY THEY SHARED AND DISHONORED.
Dan from United States
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[MY PERSONAL INTERPRETATION IS IN BRACKETS BELOW EACH LINE]
They have not chosen me," he said,
"But I have chosen them!"
[JESUS' FOLLOWERS DO NOT CHOSE HIM FIRST; PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS BECAUSE HE FIRST CHOSES & EMPOWERS THEM.]
Brave—Broken hearted statement—
Uttered in Bethlehem!
[A Brave Statement Because: JESUS WAS VERY BOLD TO TELL HIS FOLLOWERS THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIS CHOOSING THEM, HIS DISCIPLES WOULD NEVER CHOOSING TO FOLLOW HIM.]
[A Broken-Hearted Statement Because: JESUS WAS BORN, EXPRESSING HIS COMPASSIONATE HEART, AS HE CAME TO BETHLEHEM TO LATER BE BROKEN FOR OUR SINS AT HIS CRUCIFIXION.]
I could not have told it,
But since Jesus dared—
Sovereign! Know a Daisy
They dishonor shared!
[EMILY DICKINSON COULD NOT HAVE SHARED THE STORY OF JESUS WITH US, BUT SINCE HER SOVEREIGN LORD JESUS DID, SHE WANTS US TO KNOW THIS: THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH WHO SHARED LIFE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST AND THEN REJECTED HIM -- DISHONORED A LOVELY FLOWER. IT WAS A DAISY THEY SHARED AND DISHONORED.
Dan from United States