I love him

...because he liked me first

I love him
because He came 
and got me personally

He saw me
before I ever saw myself
and somehow
even then He chose me

how did His eyes
see through 
that brown cardboard
with four corners?

honestly 
no one could detect 
what was hiding in this box
especially under those clear plastic wrappers

she got taped for extra protection 
to go on the water
one
two
three layer

even more really

the label screaming in all caps 
BEWARE
FRAGILE
CONTENT IN THERE

and that bwat*
almost went back home 
some years ago
back to the island

cause she just didn’t like
having to start all over again
but of course 
that didn’t happen

she boarded the boat
but turns out
the ocean had
smeared the name on there

to who 
would this even be delivered?

but He saw beyond 
the outer shell 
and somehow recognized her
twenty six feet in the distance 

He loved me
...before I liked myself
...before I saw myself
...before I ever did anything
to get out of that bwat

So I love Him
because He loved me first.

*bwat (Haitian Creole) : box

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Heart Call:

God looks and always choose you first.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

• What is the box in your life right now?

• How can you reframe your perspective to see that

  an all knowing, all powerful God loves you and wants to change you?

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Photo Credits: Alina Prokudina.