Poem for 2020

 When I see the morning headlines

Injustice in the news

When violence, fear and hatred

From mortal wounds now ooze

May the posture of my heart show:

Blood has been on my hands too 

I have hated, I've neglected

But the cross has made me new


If grace and mercy have found me

If my debt has been removed 

Can they see that when I listen?

Do they know I've been with you?

Is it obvious that I am dependent 

On your mercy all day long?

Am I able to admit sometimes

I may have got it wrong?


Am I willing to pray "search me God"

and "know my anxious thoughts?"

Can I humbly admit at times I think

more highly of self than I ought?


Is my knee-jerk response simply a defense

of my party, religion or race

Or do my words, my thoughts, and actions 

Exalt Jesus and His grace?


And with that Grace, He's full of truth

His word alone my guide

(God show me where I misuse these words

to cover up my pride)


Does the placard of my heart say 

"saved alone by grace"

Am I quick to defend and justify

in order to save face?


Do I see each and every enemy 

As made in the image of God?

Do I pray for each one earnestly 

And on their wounds, lightly trod?


What then will define me?

Which hill will I die on?

How will they remember me

When I am dead and gone?


O LORD may it not be party lines

that marked my legacy

Or how I schooled my children

Or which doctor I went to see

Whether or not I marched or fought

Nor the rules that I defied

No matter the "rights" I thought were mine

May it be in YOU that I abide


Let it be known that I'm a sinner

And I see dimly through a haze

But Jesus Christ has saved me 

And brings purpose to my days


He alone is righteous

He alone is pure

He alone is worthy 

He alone is sure




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