Thursday, August 2, 2012

Despised - Reasons why we reject Jesus



Despised
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I have despised YOU
because of what YOUR followers
have lived out
here on this earth
over generations,
screams to heaven.
Yet I didn’t know
not everyone
who calls himself by YOUR name
is really YOUR follower.
For YOU it is not the words,
but the actions that count.
YOU lived out
love and mercy,
goodness and truth,
humility and service.
YOU forgave
and accept everyone
who comes to you
regardless.
But the more the human
lets himself be guided by YOU,
the more you help him
turn towards the good
and to radiate YOUR love
and YOUR characteristics.
I have despised YOU
because I have expected
that your followers act correctly
in all matters,
and I have pointed my finger
at any of their mistakes.
Yet I forgot
that change is a process
and inner healing
takes place more slowly.
The more a person is willing
to voluntarily give up
the badness inside of him,
the more you can
replace it with goodness.
I did not think
that you walk
an individual walk
with every single person.
I have despised YOU
because I never took the effort
to search for YOU personally
and to read in YOUR word.
I have always been satisfied
with second hand information.
Yet I did not realize
how quickly mistakes
and wrong practices sneak in.
YOU have lived out what was right;
but instead of following you,
many only let themselves
be guided by people
and if something goes wrong,
then they blame YOU for it.
I have despised YOU
and have walked my own ways.
I can see now
what came of it,
because the pile of rubble is high.
Jesus, please restore me.
Please help me do what is right
and break the chains
that hold me imprisoned inside
so I too can be touched
by your endless love.


Theme:   Reasons why we reject Jesus

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