ABUNDANCE OF FREE LOVE

JUST GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON

WHY

YOU SHOVED ME IN FRONT OF COMPANY

JUST TO EMBARRASS ME

AND,

IN A RATHER THREATENING WAY,

TELL ME TO SAY MY NAME,

YOU KNEW

I HAD A HARD TIME

FORMING Rs.

AND WITH A NAME LIKE SHERRIE,

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

AND ALL  OF THIS FOR SOME FORM

OF CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THE SHAME IN ME,

CHEEKS BURNING BRIGHTLY,

TRYING BEYOND ALL MEASURE

TO UNSUCCESSFULLY FIGHT EVEN
THE SHIMMER
OF THEM AWAY

BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IF I SHED

EVEN THE SMALLEST OF THEM,

BOTH THE SNICKERS

AND THE PUNISHMENT

WOULD BE MORE THAN
YOUR LITTLE GIRL'S NIGHTMARE.

ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS RUN
AS FAST AS I COULD
INTO MY BEDROOM
WHERE I COULD LOCK THE WORLD OF HURT AWAY.

THAT'S MOST LIKELY

ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS

WHY I CANNOT TO THIS DAY

STAND CONFRONTATIONS OF ANY KIND.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT 

TO A CUTE LITTLE GIRL NAMED SUNSHINE

WHO WOULDN'T HURT A FLY,

WHO STUCK UP FOR HER STRICKEN SISTER

EVER SINCE SHE COULD REMEMBER?

WHY?

OH, I KNOW,

THE OTHER ONE NEEDED MUCH MORE ATTENTION.

BUT, GUESS WHAT?

REMEMBER ME,

SHERRIE?

SO DID I,
NEED THE ATTENTION
DESPERATELY
I MEAN.

LOOKING BACK, THOUGH,

IF I HONESTLY MUST SAY

IT'S OKAY THINGS WERE

SO VERY MESSED UP.

OTHERWISE,

WHERE,

OH WHERE

WOULD I BE WITHOUT MY LORD,

WHO SAT DOWN NEXT TO ME,

HELD MY HAND,

AND SO LOVINGLY

INVITED ME INTO HIS FAMILY.

THE WORDS 'THANK YOU;

CAN NEVER EXPRESS

THE ABUNDANCE

OF LOVE

YOU HAVE HAPPILY,

FREELY GIVEN TO ME

EVEN AT THE GREAT COST

OF SACRIFICING YOUR

ONE AND ONLY SON.

EPHESIANS 2:8-9

AND IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH--AND THIS IS NOT FROM YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD--NOT BY WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST.