My worthiness in Christ

My worthiness in Christ

by Joel Howard, a poem

What!

What scandal is this!

You would bestow upon us worthiness!?

My worthiness in Christ

These two words cannot be separated

Christ from worthiness

And worthiness from the like

I am worthy

O my worthiness in Christ!

Nor staying nor leaving

Causes changing

I am worthy in Christ

I am worthy in Christ

It's worth repeating

What can't be defeated 

My worthiness in Christ

I hear it more in the quiet

Than in my attempts

I see it in the lowness

When I close my eyelids

I smell it in nature

When there I hide

My worthiness in whom?

My worthiness in Christ!

The one who bled

The God who died

What greater treasure!

Than my worthiness in Christ

And its not just mine

But to all who come find

It's not just mine

Our worthiness alike

There are no favorites

There are no one-ups

Nor does a moment of failure

Change our worthiness in Christ

So why do some stray and others stay?

Well, repentance is this:

Staying in Him

Staying in forgiveness

As if the start were the finish

Not moving from this:

My worthiness in Him

Worthiness for life

My shelter in the strife

My worthiness in Christ