July 22.99: Light For The Day - "Mark Of Ownership"

"Then Jesus told his disciples,
'If any man would come after me,
let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow me."
-- Matthew 16:24 (RSV)

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"Mark Of Ownership"

To each of His friends
God gives a cross.
The soldier's chance for glory,
The soul's proving ground,
The making of a disciple,
Suffering is the way
A scarred Saviour marks us
As His own

-- Teresa K. Burleson

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"For the word of the cross is folly to those
who are perishing, but to us who are
being saved it is the power of God."
-- 1Corinthians 1:18 (RSV)