Misunderstanding

A poem from 1989...
Watch me perform it on YouTube.

I feel lonely

I feel rejected

am I selfish? My motives could be

if I try to do or say anything

I am misunderstood.

They don’t listen - or they won’t listen

this is ridiculous!

Singing praises to God and

extolling brotherly love,

when in practise it doesn’t happen like that.

The enemy, of course,

wants to drag me down

at such a time as this.

The only way out

is to face up to the situation

and come out of the other side,

then laugh at Satan

because when I reach heaven

he can’t get at me any more,

and Christians will all be perfect there

Comment:
Needless to say, this is not very joyful! Sometimes perfectly innocent situations and conversations can push us "over the edge". We can be so caught up in ourselves and think people are against us, are hypocrites. We see the worst in people when the problem is in us. It is necessary to get out of this mindset sooner rather than later. Instead of expecting others to meet our needs, we should recognise that the world does not revolve around us. Instead of expecting everyone else to be perfect, we should remember that, like us, they are but dust. We need to cultivate an attitude of mercy and grace, both to ourselves and to others. We really do need to love ourselves in order to love others fully.