Judgements


The ethics
I find difficult to apply to my life,
I apply to my neighbors
a hundred fold.

I speak slander with my tongue
against another's adherence to the law
and I condemn my soul
to the same judgement.

How foolish I can be,
rationalizing my guilt,
while asking that my debts
be wiped clean.
All the while
having not cleansed my heart
of the trespasses against me.

I ask the Father
to forgive
in the same fashion I forgive,
as unforgiving as I can be.

I have much work to do.
My heart can be like stone,
when it should be of flesh
and emblazoned with forgiveness.



copyright 2017 - Donald P James Jr 

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