Bent

Quick to accuse

Quick to blame

Quick to point to others’ shame

Blind in haste

Blind in pride

Blind to see through others’ eyes

Loud in protest

Loud in judgement

Loud but lacking in discernment

Slow to reason

Slow to seek

Slow in grace a word to speak

Apt to profit

Apt to violence

Apt to turn away in silence

Bent in action

Bent in mind

Bent where graciousness should reside

Conceived in sin

Conceived in hate

Conceived to hold the beggar’s plate

Born to ruin

But born anew

Born with humility to pursue

Peace has come to haggard host

Peace through Christ by grace received

Peace to quell the braggart’s boasts

Peace to cure the dark disease

In love we mirror precious grace

In love forbearance testifies

In love Christ’s purchase finds its face

In love His Spirit unifies.