Easy enough
to confess
chariots
when I have none.
Easy enough
to set aside
pride in horses
with no stables to fill.
Easy enough
to surrender
financial confidence
with a check sure to bounce.
More difficult, I confess,
to abandon
measures of worth
by capacity and competence.
More difficult, O LORD,
to swallow my pride
and share the road
on days when I feel lost.
More difficult, truth be told,
to accept vulnerability
to the whims of time
and the magnitude of grace.
Let me confess, O God,
pride in chariots
for easy absolution and
we’ll leave the rest for tomorrow.
on Psalm 20:7