Platform

Sometimes we place people on a platform they need not be.

Pulling you up will only bring me down.
How can I respect what you have to say when you don’t act like the way you pray?
Self-deception is birthed by what you’re choosing as acceptable verbs.
Ignorance is taught by the unlearned.

Anger has furrowed my brow.
Fury is not wanting me to go that extra mile.
Sorrow has to be borrowed when you realize someone is acting like a child.
We don’t have to be mild about what needs to be said.
Pray it out and don’t bother burying the dead.

Author's Note

There’s this concept of “casting pearls before swine” (Matthew 7:6) and “handing someone over to Satan” (1 Cor. 5:5) that can be tough to live out.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a very close friend and i were talking about something very similar to this last night...the harshness of some religions...where fear is the driving force, rather than a calmness of love and peace...
and for those who don't practice what they preach...
j.

[Apollos]

Glad to hear a similar vibe has been chiming!

Side note: What happens when you “subscribe” to a writer’s profile?
Do you know what that does?