You need both
or you can't walk.
You have to depend on both
or you can't walk,
because if you try to walk with one
you will have a limp
because you need a pair.
CRUTCHES.
They come in all shapes & sizes,
yet they just don't seem to make walking easier,
because your CRUTCHES make it harder
as they are so hard to use
because with each step you are striving & striving
and will eventually get to your destination
all sweaty and tired
yet they are the only CRUTCHES that you have always used
because you believe they fit you.
CRUTCHES~
come in all shapes and sizes
perfectly fit for you
because you are the creator of them.
CRUTCH~
"A person or thing on which something else is based or depends" (word hippo)
Oh the CRUTCHES of life
that come in all shapes and sizes~
Food, alcohol, shopping, drugs, _______
&
Bitterness, anger, shame,
&
_________.
Oh the CRUTCHES of life
that we depend on
yet are more of a stumbling block
as they keep you standing in the same place
even though you feel you are moving.
But then you are handed
a new set
with the words
FORGIVENESS & LOVE.
You try them on for size.
One fits perfectly under one arm
and then the other one fits perfectly under the other arm
and you don't even have to try to walk
as it is effortless.
You are bewildered
as life got easier
but way too easy
as there has to be a catch,
so you drop them
and pick up your other CRUTCHES
and go back to what is familiar
because you feel more in control.
As sweat falls upon your brow
you look at
FORGIVENESS & LOVE
and remember how effortless your walk was
even though you weren't in control,
because it was as if SOMEONE else was walking for you
because
a PEACE fell upon you
that was so unfamiliar
yet felt so right
that you start to think
that being in control
is not such a great thing
and maybe just maybe
it is time to make the
exchange
for
the perfect pair of
FORGIVENESS & LOVE
who is
JESUS
who
has to be our CRUTCH~
"A person or thing on which something else is based or depends"~
because
"WE ALL NEED JESUS" (listen to the song below)