W.W.J.S.
(What Would Jesus Say…to me?)*
What would Jesus say
To you on a very down day…
Would He reaffirm
You while you squirmed
From spirits trying to get away?
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My counselor says “stinking-thinking”
Is why my emotions keep sinking…
That long-play C.D.
Of what’s wrong with me,
In God’s love should be shrinking.
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Reluctant to visualize
How I’m seen in God’s eyes…
How can He love
While looking above
Seeing me, without surprise?
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Intellectual fact is plain,
Taking to heart’s not the same…
Almost as though
I prefer to go
Wrong and bear the shame!
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The counselor said, explain,
To yourself what Jesus is saying…
Encouraging hope
(I am not a dope),
Some affirming bricks need laying.
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So where can I go from here,
It’s been years since I’ve thought myself dear…
Too ready to lose,
Failure I’ll choose
Can God let me out of here?
–Jonathan Caswell
* An real question used in Christian counseling.