Poem: Detangling the damage

I asked for humbling.

He came in.

Exposed the weakness

And the sin.

What makes you come alive?

Doing things for the sake of what we think the world needs is, at best, misguided.

Do I want to get ‘well’?

What areas in my life do I really want Jesus to help me with?

Doing things for the sake of what we think the world needs is, at best, misguided.

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