Tag: shame
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7/10 Poem: Unveiling Love
The great paradox / We must learn to face / Is how depths of shame / Become wells of grace
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7/2 Poem: Intimit-ation
What Satan fears most / Is a man intimately aware his own sin / Yet even more aware of the power of Christ
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6/27 RSVP: Inverted Status
Though salvation comes to us gratis / His cross demands inverted status
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5/29 Poem: Lamp (Under) Stand
But if want Christ as our champ / We must let Him lift our lamp / Revealing what lurks in the dark / Is really our life-giving ark!
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5/26 Epic Poem: Unseen Condemn
And now I’ve no one left to blame / As being the cause of my shame / The condemnation inside me / Is the sole reason I’m not free
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5/7 Poem: Daring Feet
Lord, you know I long / For your presence sweet / But all I can dare / Is to kiss your feet
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Jonah’s Brother
Jonah: Please don’t tell me this is for another whale pun! Earnest: I actually wanted to talk to you about bitterness and judgmentalism. J. Say, did you ever hear the one about the whale who…
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3/6 Limerick: Re-Named
The key to a life that is free Is knowing just how You see me Your gift of a name Unlocks all my shame By nailing it onto Christ’s tree!
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2/5 Poetry Slam: Sandal-Worthy
I wanna be worthy / Of strapping your sandal / I no longer care / If the world thinks it scandal
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1/19 Limerick: UnDisGraced
When we’re in the throes of disgraceWe need to stare God in the faceAs Christ on the crossMakes gold from our drossAnd trumps all our shame with His Ace
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Mrs. Jesus #5/7: Wood Friday
The woman sits alone In a dark room She has been binging She knows it isn’t healthy She doesn’t care She needs this
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12/24 Limericks: Eye-Opening Mission
The reason the truth we avoid / Is we can’t see God unalloyed / His glory’s too big / For leaves of a fig / To save us from being destroyed
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Dream: False Alarm
I often feel lost and alone, like nobody remembers what we are supposed to be doing. But things are starting to come together. I am learning how my own vision of reality is distorted. I just need to wake up.
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12/12 Poem: Deturn Pain
When we feel a pain / That we did not earn / There’s part of our brain / That begins to burn
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11/28 Limerick: Shamelessly Happy
To transcend the happiness game / We must learn to confront our shame
Radically Happy 