Third Sunday in Lent

 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1

now
we can stop beating
ourselves up,
now
we no longer
have to write
‘i will not mess up’
a million billion times,
now
we can put aside
those worries and
fears about ‘where’
we will end up,
now
we can keep from
obsessing over stepping
on the cracks in
the kingdom’s sidewalks,
because
now
you
cradle us in your
heart of forgiveness

© 2022 Thom M. Shuman