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Isaiah Chapter 43 »

Confessions of a Glory Thief**

September 4, 2019 by memullin

I was ordinary in so many ways
not the best or brightest
not the worst or dullest
not the oldest
not the youngest

my composition so much working class
and small-town somebodies

Born a girl
raised fatherless
but not an orphan

penny pinching but not penniless
clothes from catalogues
before that was a thing

My gifts I squandered,
tossing my pearls before so many swine

not considering their value
not considering my value
not knowing my purpose
not knowing His purpose
not comprehending His plans

I was someplace
not a bad place
but not my place

I had a someone
not a bad one
but not the right one

I was encouraged to take credit
self-made
self-supporting
self-reliant
self-focused
eyes on self

I did
I got
I wanted
I became

An “I”-problem stole my life

a life of glory thievery
nearly kept me from the King of glory
from whole life
healed life
abundant life
God-driven life
God-centered life
God-filled future

I stole His glory
I stole from myself
I stole my chance to bring glory
to be a glory giver
not a glory thief
to know the glorious One
to serve the King of glory

**Glory thief – one who steals for himself the glory that belongs to God
I am the Lord, that is My Name; My glory I will not give to another.
Isaiah 42:8a

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Posted in Poem | Tagged Christian Poems, Glory thief, King of Glory | 3 Comments

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  1. on September 4, 2019 at 9:11 am the nourisher

    I love how you have given this condition that is part of fallen human nature a name and brought it out into the open. It is so much easier to ignore our sin when we pretend it isn’t that bad. Your title will stick with me.


    • on September 4, 2019 at 10:35 am memullin

      Thanks for the encouragement. I heard or read someone use the term, and sadly, I knew it applied to me.


  2. on September 12, 2019 at 3:38 pm Connie Gonzalez

    Wow. So well put. This is so true of us all. Thank you so much for being so truthful in your writings.



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