words

i read this poem today on someone else's blog. it's how i feel as of late.

Words

I love and hate

For they hold power over me
to encourage and to destroy
to bring greatest joy
and to give greatest hate
tugging me onto either podium
happiness or hatred
I have given words this value
by putting them on such a level
that they define and evaluate
too much, of what is my value

 

 

dear jesus, help me be defined in you. and in you alone. help me hear how you have named me, called me, chosen me. help me see my worth as you see me. may your voice be heard above the words and the lies that i give power to define me... i need your truth.