It is heavy
and it haunts good gifts
with a tape measure
It nags the heart
about imperfections
It trains attention and
drains comprehension
of God's gift of grace
whipping the mind to
be vigilant about
honest blemishes
-- holes that the
Royal Father
perfectly finishes ⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Do you carry it with you?
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How much does it weigh?
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It lies to you and to them
suggesting that certain details
cannot be redeemed
by the finishing Creator
and His greatest sacrifice
when everything
without exception,
has ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Do you carry it with you?
What lie does it say?
Do you carry it with you?
How much does it weigh? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Does it paint the words that
leave your lips
and the stories you edit
at your fingertips
to hide needs that long to boast
of a Love whose strength
comes to weakness most? ⠀
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Do you carry it with you?
What lies does it say?
Do you carry it with you?
How much does it weigh?
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 1 Corinthians 12:9