Welcome to the final Top 5 list for 2015. This one includes the most visited and liked poems on GraceSyllables this year.
Thank you for visiting, reading, and commenting this year and may you have a grace-filled 2016.
Hypocrite!
What splinters in my eyes?
I am fine, all is right,
But I see the sin in others,
And I can’t believe it.
There’s nothing wrong with me,
No reason to repent,
I cannot be blind in both eyes,
No, I won’t believe it.
Hypocrite! Hypocrite!
Why do I not see my sin?
Lord, remove the logs from my eyes,
Rescue me from the night.
And give me gentle grace,
More mercy in this fight,
Teach me to speak the truth in love,
So others believe it.
Hypocrite! Hypocrite!
Why do I not see my sin?
Lord, remove the log from one eye,
Restore me with some sight.
Behind the lines
Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:42. and Proverbs 11:19
Luke 6:42 ESV: How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
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In Between
Reading makes me write,
Writing won’t let me read,
But when I’m stuck in between,
Nothing is achieved.
Dying will not live,
Living will never die,
But while I’m here in between,
One must say goodbye.
Sleeping knows no time,
Timing can never sleep,
But when I fall in between,
An alarm I must keep.
Working longs for rest,
Resting resists work,
But when I go in between,
The back and forth sure hurts.
Adding more makes sense,
Sensing no more to add,
But if you’re caught in between,
You may, like me, be mad.
