Title

Surrender (3 Nephi 6)

Book Title

The Glory of the Son

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2019

Authors

Anderson, Sharon Price (Primary)

Number of Pages

97 Publisher

Time Lines Etc.

City

Orem, UT

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Surrender

Today I surrender strategies for success,

step out of shiny shoes of pride,

and remove my cloak of imagined influence.

Vulnerable as a naked newborn, I seek shelter

in a field so green that a single fallen sparrow

disturbs the scene like a shout in a cathedral

where one can hear the candles burn.

Safe in the shadow of lilies, lamb’s wool white,

I breathe Thy majesty and might.

Tonight with faith they haste to find

a Savior and a certain sign—

Christ the future sacrifice—

swaddled, as the angel said,

in wool-soft bands and lying in a manger.

These are they prepared

to spread the word abroad—

This day is born the Lamb of God.

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Poetry

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