Month 13: September
- Elder Jonas Childers
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min read
Am I an empty present?
A question for the soul.
Am I wrapped with ribbons tightly curled?
Or paper crisp and gold?
Do I appear from the outside
to hold great worth within?
Do I flatter my conscience? which is to lie.
And lying is a sin.
Am I trying so hard to seem
like something I am not,
to fit in with or rise above
the group to which I ought
to belong? well here's a truth,
ironic, deep and sad:
the more I lie to appear so good
the more I become bad.
Your present is to the Saviour
who knows your entire soul.
No amount of string or paper thin
Will ever make you whole.
You are always you
and I am always me.
Although we never have perfection,
We can have honesty.
And to fully access our Saviour's grace
that's all we really need.
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