“Honesty in Our Sin” – the Poem
Anger that burns
from deep within,
A sign of our
unreconciled burden of sin,
We and they – we’re
just the same,
Our humanness
just wants to shift the blame.
The anger in transference is sullenly spent,
Most of us have no idea that’s how we’re
bent,
But God can reveal just how we miss the
mark,
When he shows us, most certainly, our mood is dark.
Where's our soul, and our mind?Face-to-face with our sin – we feel the shame,
The only shame
that brings good pain,
For this pain we
feel is for a reconciliatory cause,
Remorse and
amends opens God’s doors.
Anger is good –
for in it we’re shown,
Just how good
God can be known,
For God shows us
our own sinful part,
Honesty in our
sin is a very good start.
Forgiving another’s transference
of anger against us – often as it’s caged in passive aggressiveness – is about
acknowledging just how far we are all are
compared with the standards of holiness God assumes by his nature.
In our brokenness we are similar
with each other, if not the same.
We would like to be honest with
people, but because we often cannot be, we communicate in ways that inflict
anger on them. Of course, others do it to us all the time. We notice it when it’s
in full swing against us, but we’re not as liable to see it when we are the
propagators.
The more we can see our own sin,
the more compassionate we are regarding others’ sin. The more we can see how
pure and holy God is – and wholly set apart – the more we are contrite in our
own failures of unrighteousness, injustice and unfairness.
These are important reckonings! We
suddenly see that the grace in God is as perfect as it is untouchable – it is
far too holy for us. Yet, it is given to
us. How utterly good is God to have determined we are worthy of forgiveness
because of Jesus Christ!
***
Forgiving others’ transference of
anger onto us is easier – and abundantly easy – when we see how similar we are.
When God gives us this sight for our own sinfulness unforgiveness is suddenly
much less a problem. God’s grace is perfect, as God is perfect. Our
gracelessness is addressed when we acknowledge the truth: it is wonderful to
know I am a sinner, because judgment against others is shown for what it truly
is – an attack against God.
© 2013 S. J. Wickham.
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