Transformed Thinking
Love hopes and believes the best.
What we listen to affects
how we connect and relate
to ourselves and others.
We listen to lies about our self
Formed from frail humanity.
Freedom comes when we
Forgive, turn, face the Son
Leaving the past in the past!
We listen to lies about others;
Framed pictures of painful betrayals.
Freedom comes when fears
Are faced and we take heart
Finding both hope and healing.
For we finally understand,
We all listen to the same lies
And all will be healed
By the same truth.
“Father forgive them,
They do not know what they do.”
They live with lies, shaping a reality
Giving brittle illusions of power,
Control, protection, connection.
We reject what we most fear.
Therefore, we first reject ourselves.
The pain of deep disconnection
More than any can bear.
We become a city divided,
Defeated, destroyed.
The gate is unhinged,
Open and torn
As we, with broken hearts,
Hide in a corner dark and small
Afraid to step forward
To claim what is ours,
Our birthright
As sons and daughters of the King.
We are never alone, not ever!
What a comfort He brings
The great “I am,”
The Lover of my soul.
It’s no longer I that live,
but Christ that lives in me!
He died to set me free!
Di Priest ©C-Change 2007