We receive ... but what is it we have really received?

We receive
all of us
we buy and sell and barter
We are thankful
for what we have
but often we perceive
a need (desire)
for more .
What we have
just doesn’t seem to be enough

Even in our thankfulness
we complain
We are no better
than the Israelites
who wandered in the desert
for 40 years.

God gave them
gives us
what we need
when we need it
but we are not satisfied

Why is He not enough?
Why must we have something more?

We are dirty
live in filth day in and day out
in our homes
our lives
our attitudes
with all around us

We think we are cordial
give a sympathetic ear
show compassion to the needy
But God knows better
He knows our thoughts.
Our perceptions are often futile.
We are not cordial to all
We do not extend a sympathetic ear to all
Our compassion only goes to those
we deem worthy.
Whereas, God said All are needy.
We all need compassion
A little love and concern for all
goes a long way
But we personally decide
and God loathes many of our decisions.

We have outbursts
We seek comfort
But we don’t find what we need
It  escapes us
We are reprimanded
for our pain
No one to wrap us up in their arms
and just say I’m sorry.

God tells us we are His
He says He abides in all
who abide in Him.

He may abide in us
and we may abide in Him
but His instructions
we do not follow day in and day out

Where is our kindness for each other?

Why are we put down for the pain?

Where is our kindness?

Why is it so hard to say,
“I’m sorry for how you feel …
I’m sorry if I’ve said something that upsets you?”

All we hear is
“You should grow up…
You should behave …
There’s no reason to feel (act) like this.”

Where is our kindness for each other?

When does God ever reprimand us
for our pain?
He see what we go through
every day
He heals us
He cleanses us
But all our peers have not accepted
what God has done for us
every minute of every day.

God sent His Son
Jesus went to the cross
for me and for you
and we believe and accept.
Our trust, our faith frees us
But for all our freedom in Him,
we are still encased behind bars
with our peers,
who have not forgiven us
for our  trespasses,
who   hold our mistakes against us
every day.

We receive
We give and take
We say we are thankful
Where has that thankfulness taken us?
Do we live as Jesus did
or do we live
by our own reason and perception?

It is not about you.
It is not about me.

It is about Him.

But where is He?
Have we really received Him?

(c) December 23, 2013