Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy, the Human Dress
The Human Dress, is forged Iron
The Human Form, a fiery Forge.
The Human Face, a Furnace seal'd
The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.
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We aspire to be kind and good people, but for all of us, this is a very hard balance to maintain. Envy and jealousy were never really character issues I was prone to, at least if listing the Seven Deadlies. Anger, yes. Sloth, sometimes. Gluttony, for sure. Pride, most certainly. Greed, on occasion. Lust, well, absolutely. But Envy? This I never thought I was guilty of. I didn't think I was a "jealous" type, and certainly was never possessive of the people in my life, quite the opposite. I was a very big proponent of the old adage"If you love me set me free" sentiment, so how did jealousy fit into the scheme of things? I wasn't covetous of other people, their things, their positions, their lives...so, I thought, I guess I am not guilty of envy? But, after examining some lingering resentments I still had stored away in the baggage compartment of my own personal "closet," I realized I was also guilty of that sin as well. Somewhere along the road of life during my journey, there were occasions in my life that I felt I was "shortchanged" during certain periods and under certain circumstances, and I had felt bitterness over that. Maybe not now, but then I did, so even though I thought, "Aha! A sin I am not guilty of!" I actually had to own up to this one too. After all, I am only human as well.
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