You did not receive a spirit of slavery
to fall back into fear,
but you have received a spirit of adoption.
—Romans 8.15
You have a Word to speak,
a song to sing,
word of yourself, song of God.
The stage awaits you.
What are you afraid of?
They won’t like your word?
So? Their likes, hidden from you,
are already different from yours.
You aren’t a slave to their likes.
You only imagine those chains.
You fear they won’t like you.
You’ll be all alone, unloved.
Child, you are already adopted:
chosen, belonging, beloved.
What can they do to that?
Remember whose you are
and
sing.
—May 24, 2018