What I Deserve

What I Deserve

Almost all my life I have lived 

In a country so wealthy 

You'd think all would be healthy. 

The people all think that they deserve more

More attention, more friends, 

And money without end. 

And I became a product of this culture

Thinking I deserved 

My life to be preserved. 

But what we truly merit is found in God's Word

One imperfection 

Rightly deserves destruction. 

So, I am not entitled to the good or even the bad

Because I fell 

I deserve hell. 

Jesus, thank you, for not awarding me what I deserve, 

but giving me the gift 

to now be in Your midst. 

Remember that everything we endure or enjoy 

is a present from above 

for we don't deserve His love.

Reflecting on an eventful summer.
Picture from Genova, Italy, 2018.