Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way
they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
— Luke 13.2-3
You do away with the notion
that good things happen to good people.
You make the rain fall on the just and the unjust.
So you do away with my need
to be better than some, those sinners.
There’s only one kind of human:
broken and forgiven. Redeemed.
I am a sinner.
I am in need of repentance.
Keep me humble, God,
and aware of my need.
In conversing with others,
especially those I judge,
remind me: I am a sinner.
Keep my heart open to your saving grace.
Amen.
—March 21, 2019