I’m worth it

My poem this week came while thinking about my friend who struggles a lot with low self-image.

I’m worth it

If God can see

All the times I failed,
When I didn’t live up to my hopes,
All the moments I regret,
Or should regret but don’t,

All the ways I’m weak,
When I topple to Satan’s breezes,
All my lifetime of mistakes,
Choosing the world first, not Jesus,

All the times I stopped trying
To do what I know I should,
All the times I rebelled,
And I shunned God and what is good —

If God can see all this in me
And still loves me enough to die for me,
Maybe I can love myself, too.

For the hard times

For the hard times

When the night falls, 
Or the power goes out, 
When the alarm feels heavy 
With the morning’s weight

When the sadness comes 
And won’t go away 
Or the overwhelming world
Drowns all hope

When all the future
Seems empty and black
When the hard times come, 
Remember:

Night isn’t forever 
Day will always come,
Hold on to hope’s spider-silk thread 
And take one step forward 

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