Undressing Selfishness...(quick, grab me a towel)

Without God on the throne of our hearts

if we are totally honest with ourselves...we are monsters!

Undressing selfishness makes one want to run for cover...quick!
Grab me a towel... anything!
Through the whole of writing this I kept thinking 'this is harsh, kinda vulgar'
I'm not THAT bad, am I?!
Oh. Yes.

Lord of self, oh, hellish hunter

Always stalking your next prey

Never caring who you trample

In the quest to have your way

Heaping, like a greedy glutton

Hearts upon your dinner plate

Lord of self, you will be lonesome

In your little hut of hate

Lord of self, you’ll never find it

The hollow you try to fill

Always leaves you empty-minded

Even after the Big Kill

Lord of self, you are a monster

In spite of well-dressed disguise

You can’t hide the hurt and hunger

Gleaming in your loveless eyes

Lord of self, those heads you step on

While you strain to the next hole

Chains you like a neutered lion

To deep sadness of the soul

Lord of self, pitiful patron

Self is never satisfied

You will be the lord of longing

In your little hut of pride

© Janet Martin

Philippians 2:3-4

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

Here's a song to draw us to the comfort of the One who saves us from ourselves!