Eatin' Garbage

I watched two boys cannonball into a pit of trash

And learned to grieve with God

Why are you training my eyes? I asked

He responded.

Uncarefully ambitious

Fists clenched around ignorance and rotten meat

For food eaten in secret is delicious¹

We mourn.

A guardian angel I prayed to be used

Though tribulation in this world is promised²

Lord heal our hearts, black and bruised

Intercession.

Who can straighten what You have bent?³

Lost worship grew unsatisfying

Behold the gracious Name so foolishly⁴ spent

I crave sanctification…

Weary and burdened,⁵ Jesus gave me rest

Unforced symphony of grace I now abide

Fearfully and wonderfully⁶ blessed

Emerged from the garbage!

¹Proverbs 9:17

²John 16:33

³Ecclesiastes 7:13

⁴1 Corinthians 1:25

⁵Matthew 10:28

⁶Psalm 139:14