I AM NOT

I am not my gifts

I am not my talents

I am not my "close but no cigar"

Attempts to reach perfection

At best I'm just a mirror

Mostly smudged and far from crystal clear

It's not me you're meant to see - but eventually there will be

A faithful, true reflection

Of the Lamb who once was slain

And forever raised to life again

The One who'll be there to greet me

At the resurrection

"I will make you as a light for the nations,

that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

(Isaiah 49:6)