AT THE VERY LEAST

April 25, 2009

Daddy says

when I grow up

I need to be

SOMEBODY.

So I make it my life’s work to be the best

I need to be stronger

Smarter

Brighter

Bigger

Better

Badder

Richer…

Richer…

Richer…

And everybody better know my name

I walk into the room

And I am surprised

If they do not know who I am…

Do they not know me?

HOW could they not know me?

I’ve spend my whole life making sure that

EVERYONE

Knows

Who

I

Am…

But then I hear a still quiet voice

It is hushed

It is whispering

It is insistent

WHAT DO YOU WANT?!

I’m busy being the best

The brightest

The smartest

The richest

The most famous…

Serve me…

Serve me?!

Serve me?!

Have you lost your mind?

I am servant to none!

I am king!

Queen!

Ruler!

Bow to me!

I bow to none, yet I serve all

What

kind

of mixed up

Crazy

Wanna-be

King

Bows to none, but serves all?

Follow me &

I will show you

I will give your life TRUE MEANING.

Follow me…

No

thank you

very much

I do not wish to serve others

I already know how that story ends

On my knees

Wrapped in a towel

Washing stinky feet

Touching the untouchable

Cast aside

Betrayed

Nailed to an old wooden cross

FORSAKEN.

FORGOTTEN.

ALONE.

Yes.

But, the least shall be greatest and

The leader, the servant of all…

How can this be?

This is not what I was taught

I don’t know how to serve

To be humble

To esteem others

higher than myself.

I don’t know how to

hide

in the background

To take credit

for NO-thing…

This flies in the face of everything

EVERYTHING

EVERYTHING

THAT I WAS SO CAREFULLY TAUGHT.

And Yet…

Your way means peace

Your way means rest

You way means that I am always good enough

Never striving

Always loved

Always

Always

Unconditionally

Loved

LOVED

For who I am &

Not what I do.

LOVED

Just for me…

The real me…

Not the false me

Created to please others

But, not pleasing to myself.

LOVED

The little one

Hidden away

Wanting Daddy’s love

But,

NEVER

EVER

GOOD

ENOUGH

You are good enough

Follow me

Serve me

Serve others

Be faith-FULL

One day

All your dreams

Will

Come true

DO YOU PROMISE?

I Promise

Only

Serve

ME.

This rhyme was inspired by the following scripture in the Bible.

Luke 22:24-30 (NRSV)

Eating and drinking at Christ's table

A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

"You are those who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.