September 18, 2009

God Might Still Love Us [teddi]

“Then Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”-Luke 23:34

Didn’t wake up for church,
Kicked the dog,
Made the wrong choice,
Said nothing at all,
Gave up on faith,
Gave into anger,
Didn’t try hard enough,
Didn’t try at all,
Laughed when it wasn’t right,
Cried when it wasn’t worth it,
Forgot to say a prayer,
Didn’t count the blessings,
Spent too much cash,
Too prideful to apologize,
Yelled at the kids,
Lied to the spouse,
Gossiped about the co-worker,
Couldn’t give it up,
Made a judgement too fast,
Lived a double life,
Thought of the other person last,
Wasted the time,
Ignored the call,
Gave nothing at all,
Thought it was over,
Thought it was through,
Decided to argue,
Said, `Fuck you`,
Said `Why even try?`
Gave in and died,
Completely denied,
Let morals go to the wayside,
Didn’t take the time to cry,
Said, `It probably doesn’t matter`,
Shrugged and swore,
Thief, criminal, whore,
Liar, addict, murderer,
Ungrateful, unreliable,
Undeserving, unable,
Unfaithful, Unwilling,
Weak and small,
Even more and all,
There’s still redemption’s dance,
A second,
third,
fourth.....
chance.

7 comments:

  1. Teddi! I love this one! I think its my favorite of yours so far :-)

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  2. I like this a lot T! Would love to hear you read it. =)

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  3. This is definitely my favorite piece of yours.

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  4. It has good rhythm, too--especially the last half. I'd like to hear you read it, too.

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  5. I identify thoroughly. I could see this as a prayer of confession in certain worship services. d

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