30.  A Tree Freed from Its Stump

I know I’ve told you all the sins

God’s witnessed as I’ve made them.

And if my heart could sin again,

I’d make sure to beat and tame it.

But what the cost, a worthless heart,

When God just wants to redeem it?

And even Jesus spoke of removing

my eye

Just so I won’t lose it.

But He knew the absurdity of my hand

The weakness that thrives within it

And has never made me feel less than

Just because I claim it.

Instead, He is the only one

Who can thoroughly remove it,

A tree freed from its stump

So He can feed, and water, and bloom it.