Carly Smithson: The One That Got Away (isnt she hot?)

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me
---------------The One That Got Away: Carly Smithson is the Rich Young Ruler, I love her....resignedly-----[Jesus' thoughts on the rich young ruler]



[Carly]

You are special
I see so much potential in you
You are not like one who foams and grinds his teeth
becoming rigid, a victim of this faithless generation
drawing large crowds static in unbelief
whose heart transmogrifies into stone
(unable to love himself enough to be free)
and tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth
(unable to cry or speak out for deliverance)
in helplessness being thrown to the ground
whose tears form a river, down his face streaming
forsaken
indefinitely

You are not like haughty teachers of Judaic law
duplicitous and insensitive
whitewashed tombs, seeking the death of those nearest them
to fill the void inside
to sing a dirge in their honor
posthumously

You have fled the mediocrity of sin
and victimhood and predatory practices
in favor of dignity, poise, and adherence to the law
you have the spirit of a saint, aspiring to the reach the kingdom
(Your blue eyes, and vivid tattoo the length of your arm
Infatuate and captivate me. You are drop dead gorgeous)
Sell all you have, remunerate the poor for all their troubles
with your life
...cast aside everything that could possibly come between us
and turn your back on everything you thought you knew
let me show you the depths of my love, the depths of this longing
I have for you
I am the eternal life you want, together we shall never die. Come (Carly)
follow me



(Would you abandon all to be with me? Forget American Idol, girl. Be Tony's Idol.)




Mark 10:17-25
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth." And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."