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
[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