Marriage And Persecutions Poem by Mary Louise Mann Gabumpa

Marriage and persecutions;
Temptations and decisions;
Life and family;
Needs, desires, and dreams.

How hard it is,
To enter the Kingdom of God! (Mark 10: 24)
It is easier for a camel,
To go through the eye of a needle. (Mark 10: 28)

Who then can be saved? (Mark 10: 26)
With man this is impossible,
But not with God;
All things are possible with God. (Mark 10: 27)

What good is it for a man,
To gain the whole world,
Yet, forfeit his soul? (Mark 8: 36)
Whoever save his life will lose it. (Mark 8: 35a)

What can a man give,
In exchange for his soul? (Mark 8: 37)
Whoever loses his life,
For Me and the gospel will save it. (Mark 8: 35b)

If anyone would come after me,
he must deny himself,
And take up his cross,
And follow me. (Mark 8: 34)

Whoever serves me,
Must follow me;
And where I am,
My servant also will be. (John 12: 26)

The man who loves his life,
Will lose it;
While the man who hates his life
In this world will keep it for eternal life. (John 12: 25)

The truth is,
No one who has left home or,
brothers or sisters or mother or father,
or children or fields
For Me and the gospel
Will fail to receive
A hundred times as much
In this present age
(homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields-
and with them persecutions)
And in the age to come, eternal life.
But many who are first will be last,
And the last first. (Mark 10: 29-31)