Friday, January 9, 2026

Why is it?


After 2 Samuel 12:1-25
 

Why is it

that I can see

the sin in others

but not in me?

 

Why is it

that others’ sin

seems so clear

but not the sin in me?

 

Why is it that 

even kings see wrong 

in others but their own 

they cannot see?

 

We see the sin

of others as black and white;

our own, of course, are

gray, or small, or light. 

 

Photograph by Keem Ibarra via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

 

“A Hymn for the Epiphany,” poem by Richard Crashaw – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

No Life in God’s Service Is Wasted – Matt Rhodes at Desiring God.

 

Christmas Isn’t Over – Seth Lewis.

1 comment:

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Too uncomfortably true, Glynn. Beautiful!