By Gimena Alarcón
Lord!
How shall I present myself before you?
Will I try to earn your salvation
with an opportunistic, hypocritical, last-minute repentance?
What shall I do?
Will I blame my own lukewarmness
on the pastor of my church…
…or will I blame it on some other Christian
who is a little more hypocritical than me?
What excuse will I make?
That the circumstances of life
did not allow me to approach you?
That my family, my studies, my work,
my wealth, my entertainment and my rest,
were more important than what you offered me?
Will I tell you that I was a good person
who was moved from time to time
by some of your words
and that I used to read Proverbs and Psalms sometimes?
Will I claim that it is not fair
that you gave me a salvation
that costed you so much…
… and was a compromise for me…?
I will tell you that I had the right to get
everything that the world offers me…
and that the narrow path is too difficult…
that I did not want to suffer or be uncomfortable,
much less deny myself…
I was afraid of losing everything that
everyone seeks and that looks so good,
but that does not remain…
and I foolishly clung to what vanishes…
When I stand before you…
I will remain silent… you shall speak…
… and I will accept my sentence…
Written originally in La Paz City, August 2015.
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