Worthlessness

Worthlessness

by Joel Howard

The devil told me I was worthless today

Threw me a handful of that "worthless" charade

Spread out before me all the plans he had made 

To try me and keep me from heaven

"O child, pitiful child 

So weak 

and in the face of the world so mild 

not strong at all," he said to me

 And tried to inject me with fear's mysteries:

"What ifs" and "no matter whats" and "just because" 

he tried to rid me of the scope of love

Taunting, thrilling me with the horror of Godless living

Endlessly shoving his lies towards me

I stared at him after much of this

 clenched my fists and wept for him and all he said

 then left him there in Jesus' name, 

I unmoved, sent him running to where he came from 

and began prayer by considering the scope of God's love