( This is a poem original written in 2020.)
What is the difference between God
and Christ’s body when listening for the Call?
Can you trace the thin line between confidence
and self-sufficiency; between resilience
and doormat passivity? Is your anger
righteous? Or should you feel shame
for giving sin a foothold? Shame
for letting guilt fester? God
help you to be humble; to put your anger
to bed! Listen to the name-calling.
Learn to be resilient
even when your confidence
lies in shreds. You’ve heard confidence
is needed for success; that shame
is not of the LORD. Resilience
has been suggested, too. God
help you hold onto the Call!
You’re filled with righteous anger,
but maybe this anger
is just a sin, giving you confidence
and power, the ability to cling to the Call.
Pour on the shame!
Let yourself be reduced in size. God
is leading you down a different path. Resilience
becomes keeping your mouth shut; resilient
through the pain. Who will be angry
for you, if everyone is protected? God
is Love, but Justice, too! Can we not be confident
in that? You’re drowning in this shame
because we are not calling
a wrong a wrong. Instead we call
wrong a ‘perspective’ and ask for resilience
amidst abuse. Protecting douses you in shame
and turns your righteous anger
into sin. How will your confidence
survive? Or any sense of godliness?
Shame smothers any Call
to follow God with resilience.
Leaving impotent anger and shattered confidence.
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