nine::(eightteen)nineteen

Live truthfully.
True to the self you are,
the self you are for God,
for others.
It is honorable to desire to serve;
know the hardship coming.
And, yet, proclaim still.
Give up the things binding,
things of a false self,
and be found in the house of God,
on the mountain,
in the valley,
soaking in a stream.
And go back
as yourself.


(eighteen: 1 Timothy 3:1-13, Psalm 101, Luke 7:11-17; nineteen: 1 Timothy 3:14-16, Psalm 111, Luke 7:31-35)