This is me

I have started and not finished several posts, and I have just felt stuck lately. God keeps bringing me back to this. It doesn't yet feel complete or totally right, but it's (so far) my response to 2 Corinthians 4 and 5. These passages won't let go of me. I thought I'd share to see if any of this resonates. So often we are told how sinful and broken and shameful we are, but God has so much more to say . . .

I am

chosen.

I am

the breath of wonder,

the sharp gasp

of beauty formed

of light.

I am named and known

remembered and forever

engraved.

I am seen and sought after,

cherished and

highly prized.

I am held.

I am mended brokenness

shining shame shot through with

splendor

divine dust

dirt and bone held together

by glory

blood of eternity.

No longer crushed

perplexed

forsaken

or destroyed

I carry the life in death

the perpetual awakening.