the wretch

The Wretch

Parts of me lie dormant
I blush to say:
I’m blessed with many talents
Yet the left-brain’s dominant
And sad to say
My abilities lay latent
While the creative juices – frozen!

Life’s been tough
I’ve had it rough
It’s hard to laugh
Seen too much stuff
(Can’t face it - cow)
had more than enough!

Trained, rational
Conscientious, analytical
Logical intellectual
But still the craziness
Keeps oozing, seeping…
Chaos and messiness
Is slopping – spilling…

I have mood swings
Pendulum like extremes
Big-ego pride
But real tears I’ve cried
Temperamental
Sentimental
Oversensitive, perfectionist
Conflicted wretch!

The freeze thaws,
Icyness melts…
Springs of living water well up
Gush out
My cup overflows…

Life’s still stuffed
Still have it rough
But now I laugh
No matter how tough
(I’ll face it now)
He’s more than enough!

John 4:13-15


You know the story of how some people see the cup as half empty and some people see the cup as half full?

Well, I am choosing to have God fill my cup until overflowing. I don’t want to sip and hope that the little drops will quench me till the next sip. I don’t want to pretend that the half-filled cup is good enough. I want more than enough, until there is so much that I have to give it away and I learn to expand my capacity because the outpouring from God is more than I can contain.