MIRROR

I don’t like to see myself as I sometimes am - full of faults, negativity, and doubt

Yet when I see those things in my neighbor I find myself wanting to shout

Look! Look at them! Don’t they see they are on a downward slide?

But if I’m honest, I’ll admit… my own mirror is often corroded in ugly putrid pride

It’s imperative that I take the time for self reflection

Stop looking at myself with so much affection

Study, pray, and put my carnal self away

Humble and righteous, I must stay

Humble and righteous, I simply must stay!

This world and its junk it’s all going to burn away

The homes, the cars…things will all become a lump of coal

Would it be worth it to gain it all and lose my soul?

You see, I can’t live by my feelings because feelings change

It’s around His unfailing word my life must be arranged

His precious Word, may not always seem clear

But if I put forth effort and have a pure heart, He will draw me near

Though my flesh and spirit will always wrestle

Here I am God a broken and open vessel

My prayer is that my mirror remain unclouded

So You can live in me, gleaming and unshrouded
-Gina Henry Crites