Monday, December 8, 2008

I Am Done With... Looking Away

I can read of you and I feel something.
I even cry when I see you thin and hungry.
I judge you when you hold a sign, when you smell, or look ugly.
I drive by you walking in the rain.
I see you sleeping on the street again.
When I touch you, I want to weep.
When you are locked away and your babies we keep.
I visit your home where you sell yourself away.
I give you groceries and your child a book.
I don't know your life or the abuse you took.
But I can't look away anymore.
I can't leave even with a wide open door.
So what am I to do? You are now really a "You".
I see your face when I pray, when I look at my children.
I see your face again, again and again.
I read of you and I feel something.
I look at you and I see you.
I look at you and I see Jesus.

4 comments:

wilsonian said...

Wow.

Matt Rose said...

awesome. and inspiring. thanks for sharing.

Jeff Goins said...

thanks. i want to be done with this too. i love how redemptive your life is, lorie. you're not content with just being "authentic" and falling back on grace. you want to walk in the resurrection, and i love that.

Heather said...

That was amazing! Thank you!