A LOST SHEEP IS NOT A LOST CAUSE

It is all too easy for us to give up on life with all its struggles and challenges. However, we should never forget that after all is said and done, we were made for a purpose. Life can suck, but happiness and contentment is a state of the mind. In the end, life is what you make of it. Our weaknesses and imperfections can be a sobering reminder to the stark reality that we are but...

        DUST

Bruised and battered
I have been.
Faint and shattered,
I have seen.
Lost in the desert,
Sheep without Shepherd.
Stumbled, I fell -
Angel of Satan -
Thorn in my flesh.

Still I rise, and more...

I refuse
To see myself as a lost cause,
An obstacle too daunting
For God's love to surmount.

I refuse
To see my sins
As too vast, too numerous
For the precious blood to cover.

I refuse
To see my good works
As too insignificant
For his all-seeing eyes to notice.

I reject
The lie
That I am anything else
But dust.