I met a younger me
And quickly I decided
How terrible I was
How selfish and misguided
How arrogantly presumptuous
Judgmental and full of anger
Slow to forgive or show mercy
I did not recognize the danger
That I posed to those around me
Whom I claimed to love and cherish
Family friends and fellow workers
Whom, if left to me, should perish
Their mindsets were so awful
Their beliefs full of evil intent
If God had given me the power
I know where their souls were sent
Even I couldn’t meet my standard
Called myself unworthy and unwanted
Subjected to my own judgment
Teased, ridiculed and taunted
Then Christ came and touched my mind
Showed me how He’d help me grow
From the person I’d left behind
From the me I used to know
And how He had forgiven
How He overlooked my past
The future me will still look different
There still will be great contrast
Have you forgotten where you came from?
Have you considered the former you?
Do you hold those same convictions?
That close minded point of view
Can you give others the same grace?
Allow them to change their minds
And even if they don’t
Let them seek the truth and find
That they are also mortal
Fragile, imperfect beings
Then they will see themselves
Like the old you, you are seeing