PITIFUL ME

FINALLY,

I REALIZED SOMETHING RATHER IMPORTANT

ABOUT MYSELF,

WHICH I SHOULD HAVE NOTICED

SEVERAL DECADES AGO

IF I HADN'T BEEN

SO DOWNTRODDEN.

I GIVE UP WAY TOO EASILY.

OKAY, HERE I GO AGAIN, FOLKS.

YES,

I WAS ABUSED,

HURT,

MADE FUN OF

BY THOSE WHO I LOVED.

YET NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE POINT

OF WHAT OUR CHRIST ENDURED.

I'M ONLY TRYING TO EXPLAIN

WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG 

TO HAVE

THIS

EPIPHANY.

I GIVE UP WAY TOO EASILY.

PEOPLE THINK I'M STRONG,

BUT

IN REALITY,

I'VE MOSTLY LEARNED
HOW TO PUT ON A GOOD FACE.

SO I CAN MOST TIMES

EASILY HIDE

THE FACT

THAT

I HAVE A GOOEY CENTER.

YOU KNOW,

THE ONE THAT GETS ME

IN TOO MUCH TROUBLE?

AND THE SAME ONE

THAT HAS DRAWN ME

TOO MANY TIMES

TO THE WRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE.

YOU SEE,

BECAUSE MY SISTER,

WHO IS LOST

METAPHORICALLY,

HAD POLIO AND
SELFISH ME,
 I DID NOT,

I WAS ALONE,

INVISIBLE,

UNTIL IT WAS TIME

FOR THE ABSOLUTELY WRONG KIND OF ATTENTION.

THEN

I ENDED UP

AS A DOORMAT.

'HERE I AM,' I WOULD SAY

AND INVITE STRANGERS IN
AND VERY POLITELY ASK THEM

TO WIPE THEIR UGLINESS ON MY FACE.

BUT THAT PART OF MY LIFE IS OVER.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT,

SO I WILL SPEND EVERY PRECIOUS SECOND

DECLARING HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES

EVERYONE

SO MUCH

THAT HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE

ON A CROSS.

HE EVEN LOVES PITIFUL ME.

JESUS LOVES ME

THIS I KNOW

FOR THE BIBLE

TELLS ME SO

LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG

I AM WEAK BUT HE IS STRONG