December 8–14 ❘ Stubborn
Stubborn
It’s hard to be humble
with enemies who hate
when you know you’re right
and to cooperate feels like cowardice,
like lying prone under a drawn sword.
It’s hard to be humble
with friends who love
when they claim you’re wrong
and to listen feels like faithlessness,
like letting go of the iron rod.
Thank God for prophets,
patient breakers of dams
who risk inundation to set free pure,
rolling waters that lift us higher,
push us nearer to the kingdom.
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