CONSIDER:
'Rejoice with those who rejoice,
weep with those who weep.'
Romans 12:15
At this, I am an abject failure.
Why does the condition of my heart tend toward darkness,
except that I tend such darkness in it.
How can I extend truly unselfish compassionate love,
except that I have first received and constantly dwell on
and in such as Christ has given and shown to me.
I am certain that the simple point of my enjoyment at someone else's ills,
no matter how well deserved, is ill in my heart.
Moreover, my illness at their enjoyment,
no matter how unsavory,
I
judge them to be,
is still judgement & rather unsavory on my part.
I am convinced our world exists top left to bottom right
and the Kingdom exists bottom left to top right.
These are oft to intersect on singular occasion
caught in the moment of purest sacrifice-
bloody as all sacrifices must be.
Every moment is full of
judgement & the blood of men
OR grace & the blood of Christ.
Only at the cross may we
shift thus between the two ways.
Ours so momentary failing forever
and Christ's eternal now preserving.
