Kenosis

It isn’t easy I agree

To let go of ego and pride

Subsume my own needs

Always putting others before my

Desires and physical limitations 

I am tired! I have worked hard

Why should I be the one to 

Give in, give up

Go the extra mile

Again and again 

Day after day?

Surely I deserve better 

It doesn’t seem right somehow

But true love isn’t about fairness

It begins by me choosing the better part 

Followed by wanting what’s best for the other 

Taking the Spirit’s lead in a heartbeat

Acting with both wisdom and mercy.

I may be weak and a sinner

But He is indefatigable and perfect

Let me die and live 

In His love

In His name.

Each death leaves an indelible mark

Layering on layering of pearlescent holiness 

The result of tears - agonizing and copious.

Dying is a difficult, solitary business

Gethsemane a garden shrouded in darkness

Yet so much can come from the dying grain 

The humbling submission to His will

New shoots, new buds, eventual flowers 

Bring a fruitfulness unimaginably beautiful.

Death truly transcends into a celebration of life

Join in the dance 

Trust, and die to self

Live completely in Christ

For eternity is just around the corner.